Overview
- In Spain, a Huelva blaze prompted the Junta de Andalucía to raise Plan Infoca to Situación Operativa 1 and evacuate about 300–350 people from Las Veredas while around 100 ground crews and more than a dozen aircraft fought the fire.
- A separate wildfire in Selas, Guadalajara burned roughly 1,700 hectares and led authorities to evacuate multiple villages, send ES-Alert warnings and activate the Unidad Militar de Emergencias to reinforce regional crews.
- Two large fires in Castilla y León — in Segovia and near the Soria border — have left hundreds displaced with regional teams reporting up to 80% of one perimeter perimetrized and operations continuing to protect towns and livestock.
- In Argentina’s Salta province fires have consumed about 7,000–8,000 hectares, caused heavy losses to around 50 small farming families, killed a 38-year-old man who tried to save his livestock, and left a 12-year-old girl with burns over roughly 70% of her body flown to Hospital Garrahan for specialist care.
- Authorities have mobilized large air and ground fleets, imposed transport restrictions and opened shelters while stepping up fines and patrols to deter open burns, and officials warn the early-season Zonda winds and dry vegetation could strain resources further.