18 fires are active in Galicia, Castilla y León and Extremadura, while Jarilla's is stabilized
Three new spotlights have been detected in Galicia, the situation has worsened in the Leonese region of Bierzo. More towns have been ordered to vacate eta. A total of 403,171 hectares have been burned in Spain by 2025, according to Copernicus.
Jarilla Fire (Extremadura). Photo: EFE
They continue to fight fire in Spain, especially in Castile and Leon, Extremadura and Galicia. So far this year, more than 403,000 hectares have been burned in the state, most of them in August, according to the latest data provided by the Copernicus service of the European Union.
In Extremadura, the fire in Jarilla (Cáceres) has been stabilized — 17,300 hectares have been burned — and residents outside their homes will be able to return throughout the day. The management of the Special Plan for Civil Protection against Forest Fires in La Jarilla (Cáceres) has reduced the situation from second to first level on Friday afternoon.
The fires continue to burn Galicia , which has already burned 88,311 hectares in the last two weeks. In addition, three new spotlights have been detected in the last few hours: two in Pontevedra and one in Lugo.
In Castile and Leon , too, they are still unable to put out fires; they have eight secondary fires and six primary fires. The fire in Bierzo (Leon) has worsened by wind and spelling, and more people have been evicted from their homes.
More than 400,000 hectares have been burned in Spain this year.
So far this year 391,581 hectares have already been burned in Spain, according to the latest data provided by the EFFIS agency under the European Union programme Copernicus.
In total, about 360,000 hectares have been burned in the last 15 days.
to find worse data than 2025 you have to go back to 1994, when 437,602.50 hectares were burned.
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