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Spain’s Wildfire Crisis Eases: Active Level-2 Blazes Down to 13, Only Igüeña Worsens

Coordinated national and EU deployments under milder weather are driving the turn.

Rueda, ayer, en los viñedos de Adega Tapias Mariñán , en Monterrei. | J.P. Gandul
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Overview

  • The CECOD reports 13 level-2 fires across Castilla y León, Galicia and Asturias, with Igüeña (León) the only front advancing unfavourably due to difficult access for ground crews.
  • Galicia’s Larouco fire is stabilized after burning about 30,000 hectares, as other Ourense fronts, including Oímbra and Xinzo de Limia, show favorable trends.
  • Extremadura declares the Jarilla blaze neutralized and deactivates the regional Plan Infocaex, prompting a phased withdrawal of outside reinforcements.
  • Authorities count 838 residents evacuated from 14 towns and 235 confined in 11, while reentries progress in zonas de León and Zamora as risk recedes.
  • EFFIS places the season’s burned area near 400,000 hectares; UME units, 40 aerial assets and teams from eight European countries remain engaged as police report 42 arrests and 132 people under investigation.