Overview

• The summer fires have burned roughly 350,000 hectares, killed four people and devastated towns such as San Vicente de Leira in Ourense, where about 60 homes were destroyed.
• The PP has forced urgent appearances, with Senate hearings set this week for Margarita Robles, Sara Aagesen, Fernando Grande-Marlaska and Luis Planas, and the Congress’s Diputación Permanente convening on Tuesday.
• The government plans to take a disaster-area package to Tuesday’s Council of Ministers and is promoting a proposed cross-party pact on climate and emergency policy.
• The Fiscalía is investigating the absence of legally required municipal wildfire-prevention plans in high-risk areas.
• Mayors from affected PSOE and PP municipalities are urging more prevention funding, streamlined land management and new rural rules as disinformation circulates and small councils struggle to enforce clearing obligations.