Overview

• Sánchez will travel to Extremadura on Tuesday to assess the Jarilla forest fire at its Advanced Command Post
• The blaze remains one of the highest-priority active fronts in Cáceres, prompting crews to defend threatened rural settlements
• Official and journalistic reports vary widely on the fire’s scale, citing between about 12,000 and 30,000 hectares burned and perimeters from 130 to 315 kilometers
• Scattered homes on Jarilla’s northern slopes in municipalities such as Navaconcejo, Cabezuela del Valle, Jerte and Tornavacas were evacuated overnight
• The visit follows Sánchez’s trips to coordination centers in Ourense and León and underscores ongoing central-government oversight supported by UME and EU firefighting assistance