Spain

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.

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.

Extinction work is currently under way in the municipality of Fasgar (Leon), where thousands of hectares of fire have been burned, with a capacity of 1,000 litres.

According to data released this Wednesday by the European Union programme Copernicus, the European Fire Information System (EFFIS), the area burned in 2025 is significantly higher than the 42 615 hectares burned in 2024 in 219 forest fires.

Penintsulako ipar-mendebaldeko hainbat udalerritan biztanle galera % 50etik gorakoa izan da mende hasieratik hona. 

A total of 58 firefighters from the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) have travelled to Castilla y León to assist in the control of forest fires following the Board's request for assistance to the Basque Government, while 24 professionals from Navarra have travelled to Asturias.

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.

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.

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).

The Spanish President has made this appeal during a visit to Galicia in response to the latest fires and has ensured that 'the necessary means' will be put in place to surround the active fires in the area.

The President of the Spanish Government has made this appeal in response to the latest fires during his trip to Galicia and has ensured that 'the necessary means' will be put in place to surround the active fires in the area.

Many citizens have expressed concern and powerlessness about the burning of their homes. More than 300 people have been evacuated from the Ponferrada area and 3,000 people are out of their homes in León.

One of them carried 15 migrants, including five children and three women; the other, 30 people, including seven minors. From Algeria, most of the passengers are from sub-Saharan Africa.

The Bank filed the appeal on 15 July, three weeks after the Spanish Government announced the condition. In particular, the Sánchez Government obliges the two entities to maintain separate legal identity and assets over the three years.

There are about 30 active fires, 14 of them serious, and eight autonomous communities are on flame alert. The Molezuelas de la Carballeda fire could be the largest recorded in the state since data was available.