Overview

• Officials reported a generally positive day with a 48‑hour window of favorable weather, as Galicia stabilized the Carballeda de Valdeorras fire at about 5,000 hectares and kept only two fires active, while León’s Fasgar front was declared out of capacity and five Zamora towns were re‑housed under confinement.
• EU monitoring tallied 362,463 hectares burned nationwide from August 1–21 and national coordination reported more than 35,600 evacuations, with Castilla y León estimating 141,131 hectares affected since July 18.
• The government detailed what it called an unprecedented deployment: 600 ministry forest firefighters, 56 aircraft, four integral prevention teams and seven mobile analysis units operating in coordinated actions across 14 regions.
• Galicia activated 16 in‑person help offices to guide affected residents, with the Xunta preparing to approve aid on Friday so applications can begin as early as Saturday.
• Scrutiny and investigations intensified as an EU auditors’ report flagged that fewer than one‑third of Galicia’s firebreaks had maintenance planned in 2024, while the Guardia Civil union Jucil cited about 50 arrests and over 130 follow‑ups on suspects.