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Felipe VI and Letizia Begin Tour of Burned Zones in Sanabria and Las Médulas

Emergency crews are battling several level‑2 wildfires, with smoke and reactivations limiting access.

Los reyes de España saludan a los efectivos que luchan contra el fuego en Sanabria.

Overview

  • At the Casa del Parque del Lago de Sanabria, the King and Queen reviewed operations at the advanced command post and greeted personnel, joined by Castilla y León president Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, Equality Minister Ana Redondo and local officials.
  • The planned stop at the Mirador del Cañón de Forcadura was canceled due to smoke, and the royals met evacuees, farmers and business owners in San Martín de Castañeda before conferring with mayors and pedáneos on damage and recovery needs.
  • Castilla y León reported six level‑2 ‘grandes incendios’, with the Anllares del Sil fire raised to level 2 after reactivations and the evacuation of Anllarinos; north winds at Porto (Zamora) allowed machinery to open containment lines.
  • In Galicia, authorities lifted situation 2 in Ourense as conditions improved, while Lugo worsened with about 800 hectares burned in A Pobra do Brollón under a preventive situation 2 and a new fire declared in A Fonsagrada; the LU‑933 reopened but rail service remains cut between San Clodio‑Quiroga and A Pobra do Brollón.
  • Two military specialists deployed with the UME were injured in Trasmiras (Ourense) after their vehicle collided with a livestock truck.