Overview

• Speaking Monday, the prime minister said Spain lacked prevention plans, advanced analysis tools and sufficient firefighting brigades.
• He described this summer’s blazes as “sixth‑generation” fires that require year‑round work to curb future outbreaks.
• Reports put the burned area at more than 300,000 hectares, with some accounts exceeding 350,000 hectares.
• Sánchez pointed to overloaded forest biomass, neglected firebreaks and a shortfall of native fire‑resistant species as key weaknesses.
• The right‑wing opposition received his proposed “national pact against the climate emergency” with skepticism.