Overview

• Authorities reported nearly 400,000 hectares burned in Spain this year, surpassing the 2022 record, with EFFIS data confirming the scale of destruction.
• CAMS monitoring shows Spain’s wildfire carbon emissions spiking to the highest levels in at least two decades during early August.
• Officials said 21 high‑risk blazes threaten communities in western Spain as strong gusts slow containment, though forecasters expect easing winds, higher humidity and rain in some areas.
• Four people have died in Spain and more than 30,000 residents have been evacuated, while Portugal reported a third death and over 261,000 hectares burned this year.
• Thousands of firefighters and troops are deployed with aircraft and crews sent through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, including teams from Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Finland, as police investigate suspected human ignitions with 23 arrests and 89 probes.