Overview

• An environmental officer reported seeing a person leave the ignition area about 20 minutes after the fire began, prompting rapid Guardia Civil deployment and the ARS unit’s arrest of a suspect who allegedly tried to flee.
• The blaze was classified IGR level 2, authorities evacuated roughly 400 residents, and multiple helicopters and water bombers were deployed as the LE-716 road was temporarily closed.
• The detainee was taken for questioning and the case was placed before the duty court in Ponferrada and the environmental prosecutor’s office.
• Rain in Asturias helped stabilize major fires, allowed evacuees to return, and coincided with a separate arrest of a 55-year-old suspected of attempting to start a fire near Celorio.
• Large fronts persist in León and Zamora—including Fasgar–Igüeña and Porto–La Baña—while a new fire in Malillos stretched resources; EFFIS reports 394,398 hectares burned year to date as national figures cite 35,691 evacuees, 53 arrests and 140 investigations, and the King and Queen publicly thanked firefighting teams.