Overview

• Spain has recorded roughly 382,000–400,000 hectares burned this year, surpassing the previous 2022 record, according to EFFIS data.
• At least seven deaths have been reported across the Iberian Peninsula — four in Spain and three in Portugal — with more than 30,000 people evacuated in Spain.
• CAMS reports Spain’s wildfire carbon emissions shot to the highest levels in at least 23 years in early August, with smoke degrading air quality and reaching France, the UK and Scandinavia.
• Officials reported 21 level‑two incidents in western Spain that threaten communities, as thousands of firefighters, about 3,400 troops, and EU aircraft and crews work to contain the blazes.
• Many ignitions were linked to lightning, and Spain’s Civil Guard says 23 people have been detained on suspicion of arson with 89 more under investigation.