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Pantón Wildfire Holds at 2,000 Hectares Under Situación 2 as Spain Tackles Multiple Blazes

With other fronts contained or extinguished, attention centers on protecting villages in the Ribeira Sacra under heightened alert.

Overview

  • Pantón (Lugo) remains the largest active fire at roughly 2,000 hectares under Situación 2, with no evacuations overnight and monitoring of nearby population centers.
  • O Bolo (Ourense) has been declared extinguished after burning 273 hectares, according to Galicia’s forestry authorities.
  • Lanseros (La Carballeda, Zamora) is under control after a major deployment that included up to ten aircraft on Saturday.
  • Pendillas de Arbás (León) shows favorable evolution and has been downgraded to level 1 as investigators examine seven ignition points indicating probable arson after Saturday’s preventive evacuation in Tonín.
  • Separate urban incidents include one death in a San Sebastián apartment fire, several people injured in Granada and Torrent building blazes, and more than 70 shacks destroyed in Palos de la Frontera without reported injuries.