Fires

He also recalls that the competence to request the activation of EMU lies with them: "The Army does not act ex officio."

Neurri hori estatuko autonomia-erkidego guztietan aplikatuko da, Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoan izan ezik.

In Galicia more than 95,000 hectares have been burned in the summer forest fires, but only three active fires of more than 20 hectares remain, two in Ourense and one in Lugo.

The risk remains extreme and the risk level will not drop until Thursday or Friday, so the authorities have called for extreme caution.

Pedro Sánchez will approve the measure in the Council of Ministers and create an inter-ministerial committee on climate change to strengthen the response to the crisis.

The Spanish Government plans to approve today in the Council of Ministers aid to areas affected by the fire, as well as to discuss the hearings requested by the PP in the Permanent Congressional Council.

The accident occurred in the town of Rosporden, in the French department of Finistere, when a helicopter, which was working to extinguish a fire, went to load water. It started spinning while it was maneuvering and eventually crashed into the water.

Six fires remain at the highest level of gravity and two have been declared this very Sunday. The positive development of the last few days has allowed six others to be taken under control. However, rising temperatures, coupled with reduced humidity and wind, complicate the situation again.

Of the most worrying forest fires, five are in Leon, while in Asturias the three largest fires have been stabilized.

Progress is slow in the focus on the different provinces of Spain, although some of them have already been considered under control.

The drop in night temperatures has helped to put out the fire, but the situation is still difficult.

He reportedly participated as a volunteer in the fire extinguishment work in the town of Cipérez (Salamanca) and died days after being hospitalized for smoke inhalation. 

According to Javier Fatas, representative of the COAG Abeltzain eta Farmers Anternational Coordinator, this is a "catastrophic situation" in several parts of the state, with more than 350,000 hectares burned, especially in the west.

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.

The forest fires in Spain are being the protagonists of the summer, so demonstrations have been held in Galicia and Ponferrada to denounce the situation in the territory and to call for the resignation of the local government.

Geologist Antonio Aretxabala points out the need to differentiate forest as an ecosystem and mountain as an industrial exploitation, where the danger lies. He warns that the next floods will be worse in the area because the soil is eroded.

There have been numerous professional Biscayans in the Leonese town of Casasuertes who have been helping to put out the fires that have burned the northwest of the peninsula since Monday in Castilla y León. Carlos Uriagereka, head of the Forestry Service of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, has stated that it has been hard, but they have been happy to return to the Basque Country because they have managed to control the fire by making firewalls.

There are still about 20 active foci in Castilla León, Galicia and Extremadura, and the wind is making it difficult to extinguish the fire at various points, while the rain that has fallen in the last few hours in northern León has helped to control the flames around the Peaks of Europe. On the other hand, the firefighters displaced from the ACV have taken their way home.

In the town of San Vicente de Leira, in Ourense, the fire has caused great damage. Eighty percent of the houses in the village are burnt down.