Overview

• National officials report more than 400,000 hectares burned, 18 fires still active and a toll that includes four dead responders and four colleagues hospitalized in critical condition in A Coruña.
• In Galicia, authorities count five major fires in Ourense with Carballeda de Avia stabilized, while new level‑2 alerts triggered evacuations in Os Peares and precautionary measures in Vilaboa and Oia near Vigo.
• Castilla y León reports a positive turn with six towns in León rehoused and the AVE line to Galicia restored, though about 2,500 evacuees remain and multiple provincial roads are still closed.
• In Extremadura, the Jarilla/Hervás/Jerte complex nears 16,000–17,000 hectares with slowed advance and heavy air support, as the regional government seeks a catastrophe declaration and assures PAC payments under force‑majeure rules.
• Political strain sharpened after PP leader Elías Bendodo labeled Protección Civil chief Virginia Barcones a “pyromaniac,” drawing demands for a retraction and a public defense of emergency forces by Defense Minister Margarita Robles.