Overview

• EFFIS/Copernicus estimates show 382,607 hectares burned so far this year, with most of the area lost in August.
• WWF says 2025 could be the century’s worst wildfire year in Spain if current provisional totals are confirmed.
• Spain’s Air Force reported 62 hours and 45 minutes of firefighting flight time and 217 water drops in one day by the 43 Grupo.
• A 43 Grupo pilot, Lt. Rubén Corral, described an unusually high number of simultaneous ignition points and difficult ground access.
• Fires remain active in the northwest and west, including Ourense with about 64,000 hectares burned, plus fronts in Castilla y León and Jarilla in Cáceres, while the minister’s last official figure stood at 138,000 hectares to August 10.