Overview

• Protección Civil says more than 400,000 hectares have burned nationwide in the most severe wildfire wave in decades.
• Galicia remains the epicenter with Ourense bearing most damage—over 82,000 hectares there and more than 88,000 across the region—where technicians stabilized the Carballeda de Avia fire as new level‑2 alerts hit Vilaboa and Oia in Pontevedra.
• In Castilla y León, operations improved with several level‑2 fires still active, about 2,500 evacuees yet to return, high‑speed rail service to Galicia restored, and some local roads remaining closed.
• Authorities confirm at least four firefighting fatalities in earlier operations and report three brigadistas and one firefighter in critical condition at A Coruña’s main hospital.
• Spain is reinforced by unprecedented EU Civil Protection support, including aircraft and international firefighting teams deployed across affected regions.