Overview

• Javier San Vicente, 45, died at a Valladolid hospital five days after assisting in suppression efforts at the Cipérez wildfire in Salamanca.
• His acquaintances say he began feeling unwell the same day he helped at the fire and his condition worsened in the following days.
• Relatives attribute his death to his participation in the firefight, a connection publicly denied by the Junta de Castilla y León.
• Authorities have not provided a medical determination of cause, and reports do not reference a completed investigation.
• San Vicente was an archaeologist from Irun who lived in Monleras, near the Cipérez fire area, according to local press citing EFE.