Overview

• About 300 firefighters, environmental agents and unions rallied outside the chamber, burning posters of Mañueco and Suárez‑Quiñones and calling for a fully public, year‑round wildfire service and resignations.
• Mañueco reported 348 fires over 23 days with roughly 141,000 hectares burned, four deaths and more than 20,000 people evacuated from 203 villages.
• He argued the operation deployed all planned resources but was overwhelmed by exceptional heat, dryness and winds, urging parties to avoid electoral point‑scoring and to treat wildfires as a state issue.
• The president announced an immediate dialogue with sectors across the region and said the Junta will approve next week a decree on forest planning and management.
• Investigations point to human cause in 72 fires with five arrests to date, and authorities in León reported a new intentional blaze in Berlanga del Bierzo with one person detained and a brief evacuation of about 200 residents.