Overview
- A wildfire that began Wednesday, July 15 in Orés, Cinco Villas has grown to roughly 4,500–5,000 hectares and entered inhabited areas, damaging several homes.
- The Government of Aragón raised its PROCINFO alert to Situación Operativa 2 – Nivel 2 and requested support from the Unidad Militar de Emergencias to bolster hundreds of firefighters and aerial crews.
- Authorities have issued ES-ALERT evacuation orders for Orés, Asín, Luesia and later Malpica de Arba and Uncastillo, with roughly a thousand people displaced and several care-home residents moved to Zaragoza.
- In Catalonia, the Sant Quirze Safaja fire was stabilized after burning about 97–100 hectares while Aiguamúrcia (Alt Camp) reported a fifth blaze in days that police and rural agents are investigating as possible arson.
- The season’s burned area is far above last year’s level and fires have disrupted roads and rail lines, while the Fiscalía has sought provisional dismissal of the 2025 Oímbra tractorist case, citing command and coordination failures that shift some responsibility to administrative review.