Overview

• The week‑old blaze has scorched roughly 2,800–3,000 hectares, remains at level 2, and is being managed under a unified command between Castilla‑La Mancha and Castilla y León.
• Showers linked to ex‑hurricane Gabrielle slowed active fronts, allowing residents of Cabida and Peñalba de la Sierra to return home, while Riofrío de Riaza and the La Pinilla urbanisation in Segovia remain evacuated pending review.
• Castilla‑La Mancha requested additional Miteco brigades as UME, BRIF and regional crews sustain air and ground operations; Segovia authorities reported a stabilized perimeter after several hundred hectares burned there.
• Access to the Hayedo de Tejera Negra remains closed and ES‑Alert messages ask the public to avoid travel, hiking and other activity in and around the fire perimeter.
• Aemet’s red alert for torrential rain in the province of Valencia has prompted ES‑Alert warnings, school suspensions and special readiness by the Guardia Civil and UME, while victims’ groups held large protests pressing political accountability for last year’s floods.