Jay Slater cops search buildings where missing teen’s phone pinged as fireman says ‘it’s strange’ he’s not been found

TENERIFE cops are searching small buildings in the desolate parkland close to missing Jay Slater’s last known location.

The Brit teen’s phone last pinged in the Rural de Teno park on the north of the island, where search efforts are focusing around a 2,000ft ravine.

Jay Slater, 19, has been missing in Tenerife since Monday

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Search and rescue teams have honed in on the mountainous area where Jay’s phone last pinged[/caption]

Rescue workers scour the sparse brushland in northern TenerifePA

Cops, firefighters and mountain rescue are on the seventh day of their search for Jay

Pictures from the mammoth search op today show rescue workers scouring the sparse brush land around two small brick buildings.

One firefighter involved in the search has said it is “strange” that Jay hasn’t been found.

Riccardo, from the Brigada Forestal services, told Manchester Evening News: “It’s very difficult to find people here, because of the ravines and the mountains.

“I’ve seen the case and about the missing boy on the internet… but the days are now passing by and it’s increasingly strange that he hasn’t appeared yet.

“The information we have is that Jay [and his friends] were going to a music festival, and afterwards, the last sign of him was around here in the Teno Rural Park.

“I don’t know if he was walking, hiking.. I just don’t know. That’s where I lose the thread.”

Rescue efforts turned their focus on Friday to an area known by locals as “the badlands”, scouring a 2,000ft ravine in the remote de Teno park.

Locals and experts warned of the perilous conditions in the area – where the air is “thin”, temperatures change rapidly and the mountains drop sharply to the water below.

As the search enters its seventh day today temperatures are expected to hit as high as 29 degrees.

The UV rating also sits at “extreme” with a figure of 11 and 12 peaking at around 1pm – anything over 11 is classed as extreme and dangerous.

On Friday Lancashire Constabulary offered to help Spain’s Guardia Civil in their efforts to find the teenager.

But Tenerife police rejected the bid and insisted they have the “resources” required to find him.

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It comes as…

• Jay’s mum gave a tearful plea and said “I just want my baby back”
• Owner of Airbnb where Jay stayed saw him “walking fast” up a dangerous ravine
• Cops searched the teen’s hotel room in Tenerife for clues
• Brit cops offered to fly out and help but Spanish officials said no
• Jay’s mum slammed the Tenerife police investigation
• A possible new sighting of Jay placed him 3.5 miles away from where he vanished with two men
• The missing teen’s dad and brother visited the search site

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WHAT HAPPENED TO JAY?

Jay vanished on Monday while on holiday with two friends for the 2024 Tenerife NRG festival.

On Sunday evening he had gone to a rave with those two friends, Lucy and Brad, but left with two new people he’d just met.

After going back to their accommodation in in Rural de Teno park, Jay missed the bus home on Monday morning and was faced with a 10-hour walk.

He made a panicked phone call to Lucy Law to tell her he was lost in the middle of nowhere, his phone was about to die and he needed water.

That was the last anyone had heard of him and at around 9am a missing persons report was filed, sparking the huge rescue operation.

Jay’s devastated mum Debbie Duncan, who flew out on Tuesday, sobbed as she begged for help to find her missing son.

She told ITN in an emotional interview on Wednesday: “It’s just an absolute living nightmare. It’s like a dream – it’s like it’s not happening.”

On Saturday a tearful Warren Slater, Jay’s dad, said “I just want my boy back” as he overlooked the search area with his other son Zak.

It was revealed on Friday that the Lancashire teen was last seen by the owner of the Airbnb where he had stayed on Sunday evening.

Ophelia, the owner of the holiday rental Casa Abuela Tina, said she saw him “walking fast” up a dangerous ravine in the vast mountainous area near Masca.

Jay’s mum Debbie slammed the investigation into her son’s disappearance for not allowing British cops to contribute.

The mum also told The Guardian she spent eight hours in a police station as they revealed plans for ramping up the rescue effort.

Two new pieces of information came to light on Saturday – including a possible sighting of Jay after he vanished.

Debbie told Mail Online that a witness went to cops and claimed to have seen Jay sitting on a bench with the pair of men 3.5 miles away from his last known location in Santiago del Teide.

Pictures from Santiago del Teide show the church and bench that Jay was allegedly seen sitting on.

The heartbroken mum said she fears “something untoward” has happened to the teen.

And a shocking new picture of the teen showed him wading through a packed rave hours before he vanished on Sunday night.

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Spanish cop cars perched above the search near Masca in northern Tenerife[/caption]

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Tenerife police refused help from Lancashire cops with the search[/caption]

The church in Santiago del Teide where Jay Slater was allegedly seen on Monday evening

The British teen supposedly sat on this bench near the church with two men