Overview

• Local associations report a 100% collapse in reservations since August 15, with rural lodgings and guides facing mass cancellations into September.
• Businesses near the park describe empty rooms and near-deserted restaurants, and the Sanabria lake swim event was canceled, wiping out a key weekend’s bookings.
• Authorities say bathing at Lake Sanabria is limited to within 30 meters of the shore and boats are barred so aircraft can keep attacking the Porto fire, which remains at level 1.
• Protected sites suffered burns around core landmarks, including parts of Las Médulas, Montaña Palentina, Picos de Europa and Los Ancares, though officials note the lake itself was spared.
• Regional leaders reported about 141,000 hectares burned by August 26, roughly 31% forest, and reports cite evacuations, six injured people and one detention on suspicion of negligent ignition.