Firefighters.
Unprecedented flood of fires: more than 344,000 hectares burned, thousands evacuated and four killed
Around a thousand people in León have protested against the management carried out so far and have called for resignations, as well as the declaration of level 3 emergency, so that the management would be transferred from the Junta de Castilla y León to the Spanish Government.
More than 50 ACV firefighters have moved to Castilla y León to help control forest fires
In particular, the measure was taken after the Junta de Castilla y León requested assistance from the Basque Government Eusko Jaurlaritza, thus joining the helicopter recently sent to help put out the fires.
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).
Fire out of control in Galicia, Castile and Leon and Extremadura: thousands of hectares burned and evacuated
LAB calls for more budget for forest firefighters in Navarre
The union has appreciated the "great effort" of the forest firefighters, as well as the support of farmers, citizens and associations that have helped put out the fires this summer.
The wave of fires in Spain has united farmers and environmentalists: "The fire goes out in winter with the cleaning of the mountains."
The forest fire in Carcastillo, which has been active for six days, has been extinguished
It was not until Monday that the fire that was under control on Wednesday was surrounded and stabilized. The risk of fire in Navarre is still very high or extreme.
A forest fire in La Rioja has reached Álava
The fire has originated in the Riojana town of Gimileo, but has entered Álava by a chopstick, so the Guardia firefighters have moved to the site to assist in the extinction work.
Firefighters are still working to close the fire in Carmel
The fire that broke out on Saturday night in a wooded area of the Navarre town of Carcastillo is not yet surrounded. The firefighters continue to work on the ground and air before the air force leaves during the night.
They have managed to stabilize the great fire in the Corbieres Massif in the south of France
The fire, which broke out last Tuesday and killed one person, a woman who refused to leave her home under siege by flames, is the most serious that France has suffered since 1949.
The fire in the south of France "no longer progresses," but is not yet under control
The fire that broke out on Tuesday in the Corbieres Massif is the largest in the French state since 1949, with more than 16,000 hectares burned. The prefect of the department of Aude, Christian Pouget, has warned that it remains to be seen how many of these hectares are agricultural land.
Another fire broke out between Artajona and Añorbe, but the firefighters managed to surround it
The fire started at 6:13 p.m. and has nothing to do with the two that broke out this Tuesday. The fire started in an area of trout fields where barley and wheat crops are harvested, but the forest is nearby.
Containers have been burned at two points in Bilbao, and four cars and two motorcycles have been burned
The fires have affected the neighborhoods of Ametzola and Matiko in Bilbao, and the Ertzaintza is investigating what happened. Sugar has also affected the facades of the shops in the area, but there have been no injuries.
Two containers have been burned in the Rekalde district of Bilbao, and a motorbike parked nearby has been burned by fire
The fire broke out around 03:10 this morning on General Salazar Street, and the Ertzaintza is investigating what happened. The facadeof a commercial establishment near the two burnt containers has also been damaged.
A 58-year-old man was injured when a piece of balcony fell on him before the confinement
On the Santo Domingo Hill, a piece of ledge has been removed from a balcony in a house and has fallen on the man's shoulder, forcing the firefighters to clean the front of thehouse and put in place security measures, which has delayed the start of the confinement a little.
They found a man's body in the Urumea River
The Chief of the San Sebastian Fire Department has resigned because his son entered Fermin Muguruza's concert without entry
For the time being, the San Sebastian Fire Department has run out of its head because of its bad performance at the Fermin Muguruza concert.
Ander Gomez has been forced to resign for breaking into the Anoeta concert without his son dressed as a fireman.
A fire with an unprecedented rate of spread in Catalonia has killed two people
Yesterday's violent "sixth generation" forest fire in Lleida has left two dead and unprecedented records in Catalonia: a 17-kilometre pyrocluster and an expansion speed of 28 kilometres per hour that soon burned 5,300 hectares.
LEA officials are working to rebuild facilities already burned by fire
LEA workers expect to meet with the company later this week to learn more about its future. The LEA management is meeting today with a labor lawyer and the labor inspectorate.
The Provincial Council of Álava is also working to make it easier for the LEA/AVC to move forward as far as possible.
Firefighters continue to work on the LEA fire in Vitoria, which is under control, but not extinguished
Firefighters are still pouring water into the LEA plant to put out in time the new fireworks that could be lit.