To 262,030 Hectares Burned in Spain so Far This Year and to 43 Large Forest Fires
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Last summer, the axis formed by Extremadura, Portugal and Galicia suffered heavy forest fires . This year, instead, the fire has given truce to that corridor and the foci have spread throughout the national territory. The data of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition place at this point a forest area burned below that recorded in the same period of 2025. A total of 254,730 hectares have burned in Spain from 1 January to this week, compared …
Forest fires in Spain today August 21. The emergence of forest fires shows signs of relief in Spain thanks to the thermal decline. Despite the total of 262,030 hectares razed and 43 large fires this year, most of the critical hotspots evolve favorably. In Pinofrancheado, Cáceres, the troops contain the advance of the fire after affecting 4,250 hectares. The meteorological improvement of the area has facilitated the gradual return of the neighbor…
Despite the forecast of lower temperatures for this weekend carried out by the State Agency of Meteorology (Aemet), with rains that will gain weight in the north and north-east peninsular, the third vice president and head of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco), Sara Aagesen, has emphasized that Spain remains in a period of risk of forest fires, so it has recalled the need to maintain "the maximum pr…
Spain has recorded a total of 262,030 hectares (ha) affected by fires from 1 January to 20 August 2026, according to provisional data offered on Thursday by sources from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO). In addition, it has had a total of 43 large forest fires, of which more than 500 hectares are affected.
The summer of 2026 is coming marked in Spain, once again, by the large number of fires that ravage the national territory. Figures of devastation that the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) and the Forest Fire Information System of the European Commission (EFFIS / Copernicus) have described alarmingly. From January 1st to August 20th, Spain has recorded a total of 262,030 hectares affected according to …
Spain has recorded a total of 262,030 hectares affected by fires from 1 January to 20 August 2026, according to provisional data offered on Thursday by sources from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO). In addition, it has had a total of 43 large forest fires, of which more than 500 hectares are affected.Read more
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