Overview

• Protection Civil says 18 fires remain active, most at high operational alert, with weather aiding progress after a wave that burned over 400,000 hectares and caused four deaths.
• In Galicia, Oímbra–Xinzo and A Mezquita are stabilized and parts of Chandrexa–Vilariño show favorable evolution, while Larouco and Carballeda de Valdeorras remain active after large burn scars.
• Extremadura’s Jarilla blaze is under control after 11 days, external reinforcements are withdrawing, and the Puerto de Honduras road remains closed during cleanup and safety work.
• Castilla y León extended a communitywide wildfire alert through 26 August, adding an “alarma extrema” zone in hardest‑hit areas and banning open flames, pyrotechnics and certain machinery.
• Returns continue in León and Zamora as some towns move from evacuation to confinement, even as the Anllares–Degaña front pressures Asturias, prompting reinforced aerial operations.