Overview
- Multiple large fires erupted on Monday, overwhelming regional crews and prompting the Bombers de la Generalitat to open a unified command center in Bellaterra to coordinate air and ground response.
- The Sentmenat blaze is the most worrying active fire after morning re‑vivifications, has already produced many secondary ignitions, and officials say it could expand toward 2,000 hectares if conditions worsen.
- Carme–La Pobla de Claramunt (Anoia) and Artesa de Segre were largely stabilized overnight but caused wide confinements that at peak affected roughly 33,000 people and disrupted rail and road links.
- The Les Gavarres fire remains stabilized in parts but not fully controlled after burning more than 2,300 hectares, while a large blaze near Perpignan has consumed several thousand hectares and forced thousands to evacuate.
- Authorities have requested the Unidad Militar de Emergencias, mobilized extra aircraft and crews, opened criminal and administrative investigations at some ignition sites, and warned that the ongoing heatwave and winds raise the risk of new outbreaks.