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One firefighter has died and another has been injured in a fire in Leon

Thus, four people have already died as a result of the fires on the Iberian peninsula, three of them in the province of León, where the fourth victim died on Tuesday from burns in Tres Cantos (Madrid).

CIPÉREZ (SALAMANCA), 15/08/2025.- Dos bomberos trabajan en la extinción del incendio forestal este viernes, en las proximidades de Cipérez (Salamanca). EFE/JM GARCIA

Firefighters working to quell a forest fire.

One firefighter has died and another has been injured in the Leonese municipality of Espinoso de Compludo by dumping a pump car in the fire extinguishing work in thetown of Yeres in the Ponferrada  region.

The accident occurred around 10:30 this Sunday, when the A0pump car fell down an embankment, whose driver was the deceased firefighter, who, like the other injured firefighter, was a member of the fire operation and employee of the Junta de Castilla y León.

Thus, four people have already died as a result of the fires on the Iberian peninsula , three of them in the province of León. The fourth victim died on Tuesday in Tres Cantos (Madrid) as a result of burns.

CARBALLEDA DE AVIA (OURENSE), 17/08/2025.- Vecinos trabajan en labores de extinción del incendio forestal de Carballeda de Avia (Ourense) este domingo. La ola de incendios que afecta al noroeste de España no da tregua este domingo. Tras una semana de incendios que han causado tres muertos, miles de hectáreas quemadas y miles de desalojados por las llamas, el país se encuentra devastao. En la región de Galicia ardieron ya 50.000 hectáreas y en la de Castilla y León 3.500 personas permanecían fuera de sus hogares. EFE/ Brais Lorenzo

The fire continues unchecked. The mountains of Europe, on alert.

Meanwhile, forest fires continue to burn in the north-west of the Iberian peninsula . At the moment, the fire is about to reach the Natural Park  of the mountains of Europe, especially in the north, and the burnt hectares in thecommunities  ofGalicia and Extremadura continue to rise.

The fires in theprovince of Ourense have already burned 58,500 hectares, and the one that has caused the most damage in Extremadura Jarilla has had 11,000 hectares lur erre. Leónis also a very worrying situation and has had to evacuate 2,000 people in 60 municipalities.


CARBALLEDA DE AVIA (OURENSE), 17/08/2025.- Vecinos trabajan en labores de extinción del incendio forestal de Carballeda de Avia (Ourense) este domingo. La ola de incendios que afecta al noroeste de España no da tregua este domingo. Tras una semana de incendios que han causado tres muertos, miles de hectáreas quemadas y miles de desalojados por las llamas, el país se encuentra devastao. En la región de Galicia ardieron ya 50.000 hectáreas y en la de Castilla y León 3.500 personas permanecían fuera de sus hogares. EFE/ Brais Lorenzo

In addition, rail traffic between Madrid and Galicia will continue to be suspended due to the fire situation.

In this regard, thousands of people who have been evacuated from their homes by the fires are still unable to return to their homes in municipalities such as León, Palencia, Zamora and Salamanca  , and more people may be evacuated in the next few hours.

In Castile and Leonthe most worrying fire at the moment is in Jarilla (Cáceres), where wind and high temperatures have spread the flames very easily.

AS CHAS, OÍMBRA (OURENSE), 12/08/2025.- Vista de la aldea de As Chás, Oímbra (Ourense), durante el incendio forestal que permanece activo este martes por la noche. EFE/Brais Lorenzo

Thefires in Asturias have undergone a "better" development in recent hours, but the alert remains at the highest level and the firefighters will have to continue to work in the area.

A total of 27 people have been arrested and 92 investigatedsince the start of the forest fire campaign on 1 June.

(Foto de ARCHIVO)

16 August 2025, Spain, Cualedro: Residents of Cualedro watch as the fire spread  in the province of Ourense, Galicia, Spain. Photo: Elena Fernandez/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa



Elena Fernandez/ZUMA Press Wire/ DPA

16/8/2025 ONLY FOR USE IN SPAIN

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