Overview
- The fire started on Tuesday above the Canyelles area of Nou Barris and produced a large smoke column that led Protección Civil to order the preventive confinement of roughly 15,000 residents.
- A large multi‑agency response put more than 30 ground units and several aerial assets to work to stop the blaze and protect nearby homes.
- By Wednesday the blaze was stabilised and perimetrized after burning an estimated 45–55 hectares, but crews remain on site to extinguish active perimeter hotspots and watch for re‑ignition during hot, windy hours.
- Mossos d'Esquadra and Agents Rurals recovered a lighter and a cigarette butt at the ignition point, and the Guardia Urbana detained a suspect who has been brought before judicial authorities as the probe continues.
- Residents demanded better mountain maintenance after two recent Collserola fires, Agents Rurals enforced African swine fever decontamination for emergency crews, and authorities keep access limits and biosecurity measures in place while investigations and mop‑up work continue.