Overview

• AEMET warned of very high to extreme fire danger, with 40–60 km/h gusts reactivating fronts in Zamora and León and triggering new evacuations across La Cabrera.
• The Council of Ministers approved designations of territories “affected by an emergency of protección civil” and launched an interministerial climate commission led by Sara Aagesen, with Senate hearings this week and voluntary Congress appearances by Interior and Ecological Transition on September 4–5.
• EFFIS reported 411,315 hectares burned nationwide, surpassing the 306,555 hectares recorded in 2022.
• In Galicia, the Chandrexa de Queixa fire is stabilized after more than 19,000 hectares burned, a new blaze in A Pobra do Brollón reached about 100 hectares with preventive movements of residents, and local officials warned that imminent rains could send ash and mud through devastated hamlets such as San Vicente de Leira.
• Asturias proposed a Northwest coordination forum and announced €800,000 in direct aid for livestock producers, while the PP advanced a 50-point plan including a national registry and tracking bracelets for convicted arsonists that drew sharp pushback from PSOE, Sumar and Podemos.