Overview
- The wildfire started Friday in the parish of Herbón, Padrón, and expanded over the weekend to roughly 350 hectares according to the Consellería do Medio Rural.
- Regional and national teams deployed dozens of technicians, more than 70 brigades, dozens of motobombas and multiple helicopters and planes to fight the blaze.
- Authorities ordered precautionary evacuations of about ten homes and dealt with local power outages, with evacuees allowed to return once the immediate risk fell.
- High daytime temperatures, complex terrain and wind caused a flank to reactivate on Saturday, while localized overnight rain and night operations helped stabilise the perimeter.
- The fire comes at the start of a high-risk season and coincides with other large blazes in Galicia and Catalonia, raising concerns about resource strain and prompting continued prevention and investigation work.