Overview

• Galicia reported no uncontrolled wildfires for the first time in the crisis, with major Ourense blazes like Larouco, Chandrexa de Queixa and Oímbra controlled or stabilized after cooler, wetter conditions.
• The Fasgar-Igüeña fire in León remains the country’s most worrying incident after roughly 22 days burning, linked to four deaths and likely ignited by dry lightning, according to local reports.
• A new fire near Berlanga del Bierzo prompted the evacuation of hundreds of residents; authorities detained a 20-year-old on suspicion of intentional arson and later allowed returns after rapid containment.
• EFFIS estimates put the 2025 season at about 402,900 hectares burned, far above recent averages, following what AEMET described as the most intense August heatwave on record.
• Recovery and scrutiny accelerate as CGATE offers free preliminary damage assessments for homes, farm groups estimate direct losses above €600 million, and EL PAÍS reports forest agents’ early offers to return from leave were initially ignored in Castilla y León.