Overview

• Authorities elevated the incident to Operational Level 2, ordered preventive evacuations in Peñalba de la Sierra and Cabida, and requested support from the Military Emergency Unit.
• The fire has burned more than 1,300 hectares in the Sierra de Ayllón and remains uncontrolled.
• Near-vertical slopes, peat-fueled hotspots and sudden wind shifts are limiting ground access, leading crews to use technical fire to create containment lines.
• Nearly 500 personnel with about 130 resources, including roughly 42 aircraft, are engaged from Castilla‑La Mancha, the ecological transition ministry and the regions of Madrid and Castilla y León.
• Officials issued an ES‑Alert to guide residents as unions and opposition parties challenge the regional government’s preparedness and early response.