Overview

• Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s cabinet moves to approve the emergency-zone status and launches an interministerial climate commission to coordinate the response.
• EFFIS estimates put the burned area at about 411,315 hectares nationwide, exceeding the totals recorded in 2022.
• Galicia reports stabilization of the Larouco (~30,000 ha) and Chandrexa–Vilariño (~19,000 ha) fires, while a new blaze in A Pobra do Brollón (Lugo) triggers road closures and suspends rail service between San Clodio–Quiroga and A Pobra de Brollón.
• Active level-2 fires in León and Zamora continue to force evacuations as winds complicate operations, with officials expecting safer weather windows from midweek.
• Regional leaders advance prevention and coordination plans, with Asturias proposing a Northwest forum and Galicia pledging stricter land-clearing rules, as authorities report 45 detentions and 133 people under investigation since June.