Overview

• A man suffered fatal burns in a blaze north of Madrid as firefighters brought the 1,000-hectare fire near Tres Cantos largely under control.
• More than 2,000 people—including tourists and residents—were evacuated near Tarifa in Andalusia as a fast-moving wildfire spread toward campsites and beaches.
• In Castile and León and Galicia over 1,000 residents fled communities around Carucedo and the UNESCO site Las Médulas amid sustained high heat and low humidity.
• Spain has deployed about 60 UME soldiers, firefighting aircraft, bulldozers and dozens of vehicles to bolster ground crews battling multiple simultaneous blazes.
• Regional authorities in Castile and León have opened arson investigations after signs of deliberate ignition were reported in some outbreaks.