What does the closure mean for visitors and residents?

Anyone planning to drive along the GC-100 through Jinámar must find another route. According to the 17:50 report, the carretera general de Jinámar (the main Jinámar road) is closed at the entrance to the Maipez industrial estate.

Telde town council advises drivers not to use the affected stretch and to choose other routes. It named no specific diversion.

The council's statement says nothing about the airport, the buses (guaguas) or schools. It does not make clear whether connections in the south of the island are affected.

If you plan a drive through Telde on Sunday evening, check your route first. Useful contacts are 112 Canarias, the Ayuntamiento (town hall) de Telde and the roads service of the Cabildo (island government).

What happened on the Jinámar road?

During storm Bruna, power cables from an electricity line fell onto the carriageway. According to the report, a bus belonging to the company Global dragged them along and made matters worse.

Bomberos (the fire service) and the Policía Local de Telde are securing the area. According to the report, no injuries have been reported.

The report does not say which electricity company owns the line. It also mentions no power cuts for customers, and why the cables fell remains unexplained.

How hard is storm Bruna hitting the town of Telde?

At 16:25 the emergency coordination centre CECOES 112 reported increasing rain and thunderstorms on Gran Canaria. It recorded up to 15 litres per square metre in one hour.

At 17:00 the Centro Forestal Doramas, at an altitude of 344 metres, had measured 21.4 millimetres. Melenara recorded only 1.4 millimetres.

At 17:05 Telde town council spoke of a phase of particular intensity over the town. At 17:20, according to the report, the strongest core of the storm broke over Telde.

The report mentions flooded streets and pedestrian areas, overflowing drains and the fallen power line. The council asked residents to stay at home and avoid the roads.

In barrancos (ravines with a dry riverbed), residents should neither park nor drive. Telde knows the danger: on 3 March 2025 a severe storm cell hit the town, and flooding followed.

Back then a basin in the García Ruiz ravine burst, and the water swept vehicles away. Several beaches were closed, but a link to Bruna is not established.

What is the official advice, and what should you do?

The municipal emergency plan (Plan de Emergencias Municipal, PEMU) is active. It remains at level 0.

In practice that means: avoid the GC-100 at Maipez and keep away from hanging or fallen cables. If you are out in Telde, stay clear of barrancos and low-lying roads.

In an emergency, call 112, according to Telde town council. For current closures, contact the roads service of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria.

Who is responsible for fallen cables?

Who is responsible for fallen cables, who pays and who is liable is not established. All that is clear is the road side: the Cabildo de Gran Canaria is the roads authority for the GC roads.

After storms, e-Distribución (Endesa) has worked as the distribution network operator, for example after storm Hermine in 2022. Red Eléctrica runs the high-voltage lines, but nobody has confirmed which company is involved now.

What is still open, and what happens next?

Telde town council did not say when the GC-100 will reopen. The closure may already have changed, because the report reflects the situation at 17:50 and the page was updated at 18:14.

The time the road was closed has not been published either. No statement from the Cabildo, the Gobierno de Canarias or an electricity company was available.

Work on the power grid beside main roads is nothing new on Gran Canaria. The Cabildo closed the GC-1 near the Jinámar power station on 14 and 15 October 2024, each time from 23:00 to 06:00.

The reason was debris from work on power lines, which had to be cleared. A link to the present incident is not established.