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FIRES IN SPAIN
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The fires in Spain have burned more than 116,000 hectares in a week and forced the evacuation of 10,000 people in Galicia and Castilla y León

The heat wave has made it difficult to extinguish 38 active spotlights on the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The fire has left three dead and six seriously injured, and more than 25,000 firefighters are working tirelessly to contain the flames.
GRAF8039. O CAÑIZO (OURENSE), 14/08/2025.- Varias personas luchan contra las llamas del incendio de A Gudiña (Ourense), este jueves. La DGT ha informado de que la circulación en la autovía A-52 está cortada entre los kilómetros 124 y 129 por los incendios forestales, concretamente en la zona de A Gudiña. La autovía está cortada en ese tramo en ambos sentidos y también está afectada la N-525 en los puntos kilométricos 129 y 86. EFE/ Sxenick
Fire in Ourense. Photo: EFE

According to the latest official balance sheet, 116,000 hectares have been burnedin just a week, 31,500 of them between Zamora and Galicia, the most intense fires ever recorded.

In Galicia and Castilla y León alone, around 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to the proximity of the flames, with a total of 38 active foci in Asturias, Andalusia, Comunidad Valenciana and Mallorca, among others.

The fire has already killed three people and seriously injured six.

So far, the authorities have arrested 10 people who could be sentenced to up to 20 years' imprisonment in the event of death, but the most common is to be punished with fines.

More than25,000 firefighters are working day and night to extinguish the flames with salaries of around EUR 1 300. From the European Union, two hydroplanes arrived in Galicia yesterday to reinforce the extinction work.

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