Overview

• Aemet has issued 'very high to extreme' wildfire risk alerts across Spain through Monday during a heatwave that has scorched more than 157,000 hectares this year.
• Spain’s Unité Militar de Emergencia has deployed about 3,500 troops to fire-affected regions following formal requests for European Civil Protection water bombers.
• The Madrid-Galicia rail link and around a dozen roads remain closed, and authorities in Galicia have sent confinement and evacuation alerts to dozens of communities.
• In France’s Aude department, a mega-fire that began on August 5 has burned roughly 16,000 hectares, remains unextinguished and has prompted more than 1,200 firefighters to stand by under 'extreme' fire risk.
• Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Ourense on Sunday to unveil plans for a cross-party national pact on climate and wildfire response aimed at bolstering prevention and coordination.