Overview

• Since August 12, more than 403,000 hectares have burned and over 33,000 people have been evacuated nationwide, making 2025 the worst fire year since 2006, according to Copernicus.
• Authorities confirmed a fifth fatality in the Cipérez (Salamanca) fire, while several firefighters and civilians remain hospitalized with serious burns.
• The Jarilla blaze in Cáceres has been stabilized after about 17,300 hectares burned, but fires remain virulent in León’s Bierzo and new outbreaks forced alerts in Pontevedra, with AEMET forecasting continued relief.
• Pedro Sánchez visited Asturias and said the government will convene a climate commission on Tuesday and move to declare disaster zones to unlock reconstruction aid, as EU Civil Protection teams and national assets remain deployed.
• Security forces have detained 40 people and are investigating 119 in connection with the fires, and the environmental prosecutor is probing possible failures in prevention plans as political disputes over coordination intensify.