Overview

• Luis Planas told the Senate agriculture commission that 35,421 hectares of productive farmland have burned and he pledged aid to affected producers.
• He said a full accounting of losses will be possible only once the blazes are fully extinguished, prioritizing ongoing suppression efforts.
• The minister criticized the Popular Party for demanding the hearing during the emergency, calling the request premature and extemporaneous.
• Planas said Spain has formally contacted Brussels to seek European support to complement national assistance.
• Preliminary impacts include roughly 526 livestock losses and heightened concern for vineyards and Extremadura’s cherry sector, with damage also reported to rural infrastructure.