Overview

• National coordinators report six Operative‑2 fires still active in Castilla y León with favorable evolution, while a blaze in Lubrín (Almería) remains under close watch and no new evacuations were required on Friday.
• Galicia says all current fires are controlled with several major fronts extinguished, Castilla y León has lifted the last confinements and downgraded the Fasgar complex, and Asturias has returned to emergency level 0 with no active fires.
• Government and Copernicus estimates place Spain’s burned area this year at roughly 360,000–410,000 hectares, as EFFIS tallies more than 1.0 million hectares across the EU with Spain and Portugal accounting for over 60% of the total.
• The central government has published a binding royal decree obliging regions to identify strategic fuel‑management zones and adopt spatial‑temporal planning to limit fire potential, shifting emphasis from reactive suppression to prevention.
• At least eight people have died and more than 35,000 were evacuated during August’s surge, police report 57 arrests and 142 individuals under investigation since June, and regional and national authorities have begun rolling out initial aid and damage assessments.