Overview

• Government mobilizes additional 500 UME soldiers, raising total to about 1,900 troops supporting firefighting operations.
• AEMET reports temperatures up to 45°C have exacerbated fire danger and hampered containment as around 20 major blazes burned through Galicia and reached the Picos de Europa.
• Fires have consumed roughly 158,000 hectares, caused multiple fatalities including four firefighters, forced mass evacuations and led to road and rail closures.
• Interior Ministry data show 27 arrests and 92 ongoing investigations for suspected arson since June as authorities probe human-caused ignitions.
• Spain has activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and awaits water-bombing aircraft from the Netherlands, France and Italy plus specialist firefighting crews from Germany.