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Wildfire Crisis Eases Slowly in Spain as PP Hauls Four Ministers to the Senate

Authorities still count 15 major fires, with the focus now on disaster aid decisions and Senate scrutiny of the response.

Vista aérea de la localidad de San Vicente de Leira, en Vilamartín de Valdeorras, arrasado por las llamas de un incendio forestal.
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Vicent Mompó, Pilar Bernabé, Carlos Mazón, Pedro Sánchez, María José Catalá y Diana Morant, tras el incendio de Campanar.

Overview

  • New flare‑ups in León triggered level‑2 alerts and evacuations in towns including Viñayo, Piedrasecha, Portilla de Luna, Sagüera de Luna, Molinaseca, Lombillo de los Barrios and several in the Omaña valley, with hundreds relocated.
  • Protection Civil chief Virginia Barcones said the overall trend is improving very slowly, warned of reactivations with southerly winds, and urged vigilance despite cooler nights.
  • Ourense remains the epicenter of damage in Galicia, with local estimates near 90,000 hectares burned; massive fires like Larouco are stabilized, while Carballeda de Valdeorras and Chandrexa de Queixa have been among the hardest to contain.
  • Leveraging its Senate majority, the PP has compelled appearances this week by Margarita Robles, Sara Aagesen, Fernando Grande‑Marlaska and Luis Planas to explain UME deployments, prevention policy, inter‑territorial coordination and aid for rural losses.
  • The Government plans to approve initial disaster measures and an interministerial climate commission at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, and is preparing for early‑September approval of a regional debt write‑off of about €83 billion.