Overview

• Spain’s civil protection chief Virginia Barcones said the end is approaching after cooler, more humid and less windy conditions improved firefighting.
• More than 350,000 hectares burned in roughly two weeks across Galicia, Castile-and-León and Extremadura, with hundreds still evacuated though many residents returned in the past day.
• Galicia fixed the Larouco-Seadur blaze and Extremadura circumscribed Jarilla, while some EU aircraft, including two Italian Canadairs, returned home as nine-country support largely remains.
• In Portugal, 45-year-old firefighter Daniel Esteves died after being injured at Sabugal, the country’s fourth fire-related death this summer, with over 60,000 hectares burned this season.
• The crisis has prompted protests and criticism over prevention spending cuts and management in hard-hit Spanish regions, renewing debates over preparedness and land management.