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Galicia to Launch Post-Fire Aid Next Week as Rueda Demands Immediate Reinforcements

Over 1,000 personnel are deployed with about 30 aircraft tackling nine large fires in Ourense

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Rueda, durante su intervención de esta mañana
El presidente de la Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, durante su intervención este lunes

Overview

  • The Xunta will open applications next week for subsidies to cover losses for individuals, farmers, businesses, and infrastructure across agriculture, livestock, tourism, industry, and public facilities.
  • President Alfonso Rueda pressed the national government to deploy promised firefighting assets immediately, arguing that slow arrivals undermine containment efforts.
  • Galicia has recorded no full home evacuations so far, though authorities have enacted precautionary confinements and kept high-capacity roads operational.
  • The regional government has outlined specific needs for motobombas, heavy machinery, sapper units, and more military support in formal requests to Madrid.
  • Officials plan meetings to assess the potential restoration of the rail link to Castilla y León and to review further operational requirements.