Overview

• Satellite data from EFFIS estimate roughly 344,417 hectares burned so far in 2025, with more than 30,000 evacuations and at least four deaths reported.
• Madrid activated Infoma level 1 for a grass-and-woodland fire near the Colmenar Viejo landfill, prompting precautionary home evacuations and a deployment of 28 crews plus aerial assets including a government hydroplane.
• Extremadura’s Jarilla fire has surpassed 15,000 hectares with a perimeter over 160 kilometers, its northern flank crossed into Salamanca, and a regional official alleges the latest reactivation was deliberately set for hunting-related economic motives under investigation.
• The Generalitat Valenciana is sending a 134-person firefighting contingent with engines, support units and a drone team to reinforce operations in Castilla y León.
• The central government reports about 3,000 UME personnel mobilized, while PP leaders reject requesting a national level 3 and seek expanded military logistics such as bulldozers, helicopters and soldiers.