Overview
- The wildfire that began on August 6 in Niebla (Huelva) has burned a vast area with official and field estimates ranging from about 31,000 hectares to more than 40,000 hectares.
- Commanders say crews have 'estrangled' much of the perimeter so most flanks show no active front, while the eastern sector advancing into parts of Sevilla remains the primary hazard.
- More than 800 to over 1,000 personnel from Plan Infoca, the UME, Ejército, BRIF brigades and local fire services are operating in rotating shifts with dozens of aircraft, heavy machinery and hundreds of ground vehicles.
- The fire exhibits extreme, erratic behavior, including pirocumulus-driven spot fires that have jumped up to several kilometres and forced temporary withdrawals of aerial and ground teams for safety.
- Hundreds of people remain displaced or under preventive removal, authorities warn of difficult weather ahead that could test containment lines, and Spain is coping with several other large blazes at the same time.