Overview

• The government has mobilized about 1,900 military troops alongside thousands of firefighters as AEMET warns of extreme fire risk with temperatures reaching 45°C and EFFIS estimates 158,000 hectares burned this season.
• Some 20 major wildfires remain active across Spain, with several blazes converging into a large multi-front fire near Ourense in Galicia.
• Ongoing evacuations have been ordered and Renfe has suspended Madrid–Galicia high-speed services while multiple highways and local roads are closed to protect residents.
• Spain is due to receive water-dumping planes from the Netherlands along with crews and aircraft from France and Italy under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism in coming days.
• Interior Ministry figures show 27 people arrested and 92 under investigation for suspected arson since June, alongside three confirmed fatalities and casualty reports still evolving.