Overview

• The Font de la Pólvora fire ignited July 4 at 14:34 near Girona and has been classified as a maximum-priority incident with crews, two water-bombing aircraft and a helicopter engaged in suppression efforts.
• Seven aerial units from the Generalitat Valenciana and local firefighting brigades are combating the blaze between l’Énova and La Pobla Llarga, which began around 14:10 in reed beds and abandoned fields.
• Precautionary evacuations have been ordered for three scattered rural dwellings near la Pobla Llarga due to concerns over power disruptions in the area.
• Record heat, prolonged drought and storm-driven winds have heightened wildfire risks this summer, triggering activation of Catalonia’s PLASEQCAT emergency framework.
• Fire Chief David Borrell has warned that Spain is entering an era of unpredictable, high-intensity sixth-generation wildfires marked by erratic winds, rapid spread and towering pyrocumulus clouds.