Overview
- Andalusia’s burned area accounted for about 1% of Spain’s total this period, totaling 6,327 hectares with 1,600 hectares of forest and a year-on-year decline of 2,600 hectares.
- Infoca reported 876 interventions across 182 fires and 694 initial outbreaks, which is 140 more than the decade’s average.
- The seasonal campaign, extended by late rains and high temperatures, concluded on October 31, and authorities classify current fire danger as low from November 1 while cautioning that incidents remain possible.
- Operations this summer were complicated by two heatwaves from June 28–July 1 and August 3–18, with the second described as the most intense on record.
- Aemet forecasts orange alerts for heavy rain on Wednesday in Cádiz, Huelva and Sevilla, and officials advise avoiding unnecessary travel.