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Spain Eases Some Wildfire Alerts as Ourense Remains the Epicenter

Galicia’s leader moves to secure UME presence, fast-tracking aid for homes and vineyards.

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Rueda visitó este viernes viñedos de la bodega Adega Tapias Mariñán.
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Overview

  • Galicia keeps several active fronts, including five in Ourense where Chandrexa‑Vilariño (~19,000 ha), Oímbra‑Xinzo (~17,000), Larouco (~30,000) and A Mezquita (~10,000) persist with provincial damage near 79,000 hectares.
  • The UME sustains a major northwest deployment with more than 1,400 troops in direct attack, 2,000 in support and 450 assets across fronts in León, Zamora, Ourense and Cáceres.
  • Stabilizations have enabled returns in Porto de Sanabria (Zamora) and Jarilla (Cáceres), and Molezuelas de la Carballeda baja a nivel 0, though Anllares del Sil prompted a new evacuation in Argayo del Sil.
  • Alfonso Rueda requests maintaining UME contingents through the weekend and announces imminent aid for damaged housing and vineyards, with a Xunta meeting planned in Ourense next week to open claims.
  • Authorities report four fatalities in recent fires, several injured responders remain hospitalized in A Coruña, and security forces count 41 arrests with 127 additional people under investigation.