Overview
- Regional president Juanma Moreno declared the Los Gallardos fire stabilized on Sunday and said the blaze is perimetred and no longer showing active flames.
- The initial official assessment places the burned area at roughly 7,000 hectares with a perimeter topping 40 kilometres, making it one of the fastest-moving fires in recent memory.
- Emergency forces are transitioning roles: the UME will finish its mission, about 90 Infoca personnel and aerial units will continue patrols to ‘refresh’ the perimeter, and Guardia Civil GREA teams are aiding ongoing missing-person searches.
- Authorities have authorised a phased return to homes, allowing about 1,000 evacuees to go back after an earlier group of 600 re-entered, while the Guardia Civil is handling eight reports of missing people.
- Officials tied the fire’s extreme behaviour to steep slopes, strong winds and dry scrub and said the incident has reopened political debate over climate policy and land-management rules following the recent PP–Vox pact.