Overview

• Mircea Spiridon, 50, suffered burns over 98 percent of his body after entering a Tres Cantos horse farm on August 11 to free an octogenarian owner and more than 30 horses.
• Officials report the wildfire covered six kilometers in 40 minutes under temperatures above 30 °C, humidity below 30 percent and winds over 30 km/h, ultimately scorching about 2,000 hectares of pasture.
• Emergency crews evacuated roughly 200 homes, conducted rescues—including the farm owner whose hospitalization accounts vary—and continue containment operations in the Madrid region.
• Local and Romanian expatriate groups have raised more than €4,200 toward a €7,500 target to cover repatriation to Tulcea and funeral expenses.
• Authorities are finalizing tallies of destroyed animal infrastructure and coordinating long-term recovery support for affected families and farmland.