Overview

• The blaze ignited in Porto de Sanabria (Zamora) and crossed into Galicia, blackening slopes around Peña/Trevinca, the region’s highest peak.
• Neighbors and local guides fought the fire for days with beaters and improvised firebreaks, including a bulldozer lent by a local businessman, before larger resources arrived.
• A helicopter is operating in the area, with one deployment focused specifically on shielding the two-hectare O Teixadal, home to roughly 300–400 centenary yews.
• Officials in Galicia report about 20 hectares burned on their side of the border, a figure that residents dispute as too low based on what they are seeing on the ground.
• Ecological damage includes the burning of the glacial Lagoa da Serpe and reported wildlife flight, while volunteers say many ancient yews have so far endured despite repeated reactivations.