Overview

• Spain’s Policía Científica concluded the Mezquita‑Catedral chapel blaze was accidental with an electric sweeper as the ignition source, and the Policía Nacional sent the report to Córdoba’s Examining Court No. 2.
• Emergency works at the monument are over 90% complete, the damaged area is about 80 square metres (roughly 1% of the site), and plans include a high‑pressure mist system as restoration projects are drafted.
• UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre formally thanked local authorities for protocols and rapid action that contained the August 8 fire and prevented casualties.
• In Extremadura, the government detailed that Jarilla’s wildfire prompted a standing plan to evacuate Plasencia’s hospital, while opposition parties pressed for a parliamentary inquiry and criticized the refusal to declare level 3 emergency.
• In Argentina, a street fire in Santa Fe sent smoke into the José Manuel Estrada children’s home where 12 children were treated on site, and a separate fire at the Armada’s Retiro shooting range led to a full evacuation with no injuries as a responding ambulance overturned and its driver was assisted.