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
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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