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Spain Continues to Fight the Critical Fires in Galicia, Extremadura and Castilla Y León

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The situation of forest fires in Spain remains critical, especially in Galicia, Castile and León and Extremadura, while the improvement of weather conditions begins to give some respite. Data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) indicate that this year 382,607 hectares have been burned in 228 fires in Spain, a figure that makes 2025 one of the worst of the last decade. In the last days, the heat wave that lasted for 16 days h…

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And the meteorology began to give a truce. The dawn of this Tuesday continued to be in Castile and León covered by the smoke of the fires . More than 250 declared in just ten days without truce and with thousands of hectares consumed by the voracity of flames driven at great speed by the force of the wind burning a vegetable fuel very dehydrated by the strength of the sun and the high temperatures of the prolonged heat wave. With the mercury muc…

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The situation of forest fires in Spain remains critical, especially in Galicia, Castile and León and Extremadura, while the improvement of weather conditions begins to give some respite. Data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) indicate that this year 382,607 hectares have been burned in 228 fires in Spain, a figure that makes 2025 one of the worst of the last decade. In the last days, the heat wave that lasted for 16 days h…

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The large fires in Galicia, Castile and León, Extremadura and Asturias remain active and uncontrolled, although the extinction teams working in the most affected areas are confident that lower temperatures and higher humidity will favor their work. In León, the most favorable weather has made it possible, according to the CyL Board, for fires to pass "from infernal to extinguishable".

Mañueco assures that the evolution of the fires is favorable, but insists on demanding more resources from the Government in the face of the magnitude of the disaster.

The president of the Junta de Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, today held a meeting at the Autonomous Center of Mando to assess the situation of fires in the Community. According to information collected by THE OBJECTIVE, the leader stressed that evolution is "something more favorable" with several stabilized foci. Favourable evolution of the #IIFF in #CastillayLeón @alferma1 transfers the information of the technicians from the Auton…

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Despite the urgent request for key means such as helicopters, bulldozers and drones, the Board receives only a fraction of the requested

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Noticias León | Última Hora León, Bierzo y Ponferrada broke the news in on Monday, August 18, 2025.
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