The fires are sweeping part of the territory of the Peninsula in another summer in which it has become common for the news to open with the images of the fire. Castilla y León, Galicia, Andalucía, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura are the communities most affected by these fires in the middle of heat wave, whose virulence has led the Interior Ministry to declare the pre-emergence phase of the General State Emergency Plan and call a meeting of the State Coordination and Directorate Committee to evaluate the situation and coordinate actions.
Castilla y León
One of the main foci is in Castilla y León, where there are at least 14 active fires and thousands of evacuees. The Diputación has confirmed that a neighbor who participated as a volunteer in the extinction work has died. The fire that is most worried is that of Puerques (Zamora), which affects the immediate vicinity of the Sierra de la Culebra, a place that suffered the largest fire in Spain in recent years in 2022 and that swept more than 60,000 hectares. The fire declared in Molezuelas de la Carballeda (Zamora) is also worried, which also passed to the province of León.
In the province of León, the situation of the Yeres Fire has improved, which affects the natural space of the marrows, What has allowed us to return home to about 600 neighbors from four locations that had been evacuated, although with a large part of the destroyed land.
Galicia
In Galicia several fires ravage the province of Ourense, although there has also been in Lugo and Pontevedra. The UME has been deployed in Chandrexa de Queixa to try to stop the largest fire so far in Galicia, which adds more affected surface that all occurred in the Galician community in 2024. The fire has been the culprit that the high -speed rail service between Madrid and Galicia was interrupted for a few hours. In addition, at least three firefighters have been injured.
The Civil Guard investigates in Muxía (A Coruña) a 63 -year -old woman from that town in relation to her possible involvement in five fires in recent days.
Community of Madrid
The forest fire declared in three songs (Madrid) late on Monday afternoon, which has already affected 1,500 hectares, a deadly victim has been charged, a 50 -year -old man who was transferred to the hospital with burns in 98 % of his body. According to several witnesses, he tried to save dozens of horses before being rescued from the roof of a house. The fire, which spread rapidly due to the strong wind, forced the eviction of urbanizations. About 200 neighbors, who have already been able to return to their homes, were affected.
The fire is active, but the perimeter remains stabilized and “presents good evolution”, although strong wind gusts are expected that could complicate their extinction. The Community of Madrid has advanced that it will request the declaration of seriously affected zone.
Andalusia
The last hour of the fires in Andalusia is in the eviction of 200 people in Huelva for a fire that has forced the emergency situation to be raised to level 1. Meanwhile, the Cadiz town of Tarifa, which has been affected in just over a week by a second forest fire, is recovering from the fire originated on Monday in the Sierra de la Plata, which the Junta de Andalucía considers that it has been intentional. After stopping the flames on the left flank at the doors of the houses, the selective return of the evicted people has been authorized -in total it was about 2,000 -except those who were in the upper area of the Atlantic, at the Cortijo hotel and the beach of the Germans. Near this fire, in Los Caños de Meca, another fire has been declared on Tuesday, also intentionally.
Castilla – La Mancha and Extremadura
The forest fire declared Monday in Navalmolalejo (Toledo) has razed 3,250 hectares, 75 % of them in the province of Cáceres. It is already perimeted to 90 %, and at the moment its causes are unknown. There have not been losses, human or material damage, beyond some homemade farms. However, Extremadura has requested the intervention of the UME before the simultaneity of several fires, in Jarilla and in Trujillo, both in the province of Cáceres.
