Overview

• Five villages in Zamora’s Sanabria were cleared to return home under confinement as crews resumed direct attacks on the Porto-La Baña fire, according to technical briefings.
• In León, the Fasgar front reactivated and was described as outside capacity for extinction, with 13 localities still evacuated and 346 people displaced in the province.
• Civil Protection reports more than 35,600 people evacuated since early August and a 48-hour forecast favorable for suppression, with 13 fires kept at high operational alert and over 400,000 hectares burned nationwide.
• The government cites an unprecedented national deployment and increased prevention budgets since 2018, while the PP and a Guardia Civil union criticize planning, resources and response timing.
• Investigations continue into causes, including an alleged intentional ignition in Burguillos del Cerro that burned about 1,100 hectares and a Cartagena fire linked to a discarded cigarette.