Overview

• EU EFFIS/Copernicus data show more than 343,000 hectares have burned in 2025, surpassing the previous national record set in 2022.
• The Interior Ministry reports over 31,300 people evacuated and 31 suspects detained on arson allegations.
• Roughly 40 major blazes remain active across Castilla y León, Galicia and Extremadura, with four deaths confirmed including a firefighter in a vehicle rollover near Ponferrada.
• Picos de Europa faces advancing fronts that triggered evacuations in ten Valle de Valdeón localities, with popular trails and mountain refuges shut.
• Transport remains disrupted with cuts on the A-52, at least 16 road closures, and Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail suspended for a fifth day, as 3,500 troops battle the fires with 500 more expected.