Overview

• Authorities ordered preventive evacuations for residents of Peñalba de la Sierra and Cabida after the fire intensified on Friday.
• Castilla-La Mancha requested assistance from the Unidad Militar de Emergencias, joining regional crews and resources from the national ministry, Madrid and Castilla y León.
• Active since Sunday and reported as likely started by lightning, the blaze has burned more than 1,300 hectares according to the regional government.
• Emergency managers issued an ES-Alert to inform residents, closed a local road and a forest track, and are using tactical fire to build protective lines.
• Several reinforcement brigade firefighters were evacuated for possible smoke inhalation as officials highlight that wildfire risk now extends beyond the summer season.