Overview
- The blaze began on Sunday in the Marismillas/La Algaida area of Almonte inside Doñana and was declared stabilized by the Junta de Andalucía late Tuesday night.
- Official estimates of the area burned range from about 250 to roughly 400 hectares while a formal severity map and damage assessment are still pending.
- Regional and national crews mobilized an extensive response that at peak included about 30 aircraft and several hundred personnel with aerial units standing down at night and ground teams working overnight.
- Authorities have flagged the timing and presence of multiple nearby ignitions as suspicious and have launched an active investigation into a possible intentional origin.
- The fire hit high-value transition zones of dunes, pines and marshes that will require targeted restoration and could affect species and access routes used by local communities and the El Rocío pilgrimage, which was rerouted along the beach to avoid the interior of the park.