Overview

• Dozens of large blazes continue across Galicia, Castilla y León and Extremadura with major fronts in Jarilla, Chandrexa de Queixa and Oímbra still uncontrolled or hard to access.
• The fires have scorched more than 115,000 hectares this week, claimed three lives and forced over 23,000 residents to evacuate or remain confined.
• Smoke and inaccessible terrain have limited aerial operations, even with support from Spain’s Unidad Militar de Emergencias and EU civil-protection aircraft.
• Police forces have referred around 110 suspected arsonists to justice, detaining 22 individuals on allegations of deliberately igniting wildfires.
• Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced plans for a state pact on climate mitigation and adaptation to bolster prevention and response capacities.