Overview

• Spain’s Interior Ministry has deployed nearly 1,000 soldiers alongside hundreds of firefighters under a national pre-emergency to battle wildfires across Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, Andalusia and Galicia.
• Authorities have evacuated almost 6,000 people from homes and tourist areas, and confirmed one fatality after a blaze engulfed a stable near Tres Cantos, north of Madrid.
• International aerial assistance—from Morocco’s Canadair planes to EU Civil Protection firefighting crews—has supplemented national efforts as some domestic water-bomber aircraft remain grounded.
• Teams are still tackling active blazes in Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans, even as several fronts in Turkey, Albania and Croatia have been largely contained.
• Meteorological and climate agencies report Europe is warming faster than the global average, intensifying heatwaves and creating prolonged, high-risk wildfire conditions.