The wave of wildfires that are ravaging the northwest of the Peninsula reaches its seventh day this Friday with some fires looking somewhat more favorable, although the one in the provinces of Ourense and Zamora remains out of control. The Galician regional government is now speaking of"the worst situation in the history" of the region and has asked the government in a letter to mobilize more resources (Army personnel, reinforcement brigades, and machinery), which Pedro Sánchez has pledged to do in a call to the president of the regional government, Alfonso Rueda. The president of the government has also called the president of Extremadura, María Guardiola, who has also asked him for more resources.

The fires have already claimed the lives of three people. In addition to the nine injured who remained hospitalized, four UME soldiers were injured this Friday afternoon in Yeres (León), three of them with burns.

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has indicated on TVE that there are currently 16 active fires in operational status 2 and that those in the Ourense area are of"maximum" concern due to the circumstances and weather conditions. The fire, which reached the province of Zamora from neighbouring Ourense, remained out of control this morning, with many hot spots in the Galician province and two fronts that have advanced through the Hermisende and Pías valleys in the Zamora region of Alta Sanabria, where more than 1,700 people have been evacuated, although no homes have yet been affected.

Meanwhile, in the rest of Castile and León, the situation has improved since Thursday, according to the president of the Castile and León Regional Government, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco. The fires in Puercas and Molezuelas (Zamora), two of the most serious this week, are"practically under control," according to the regional delegate of the Castile and León Regional Government in the province.

In Extremadura, the evolution exceeds the best of the forecasts after a"very positive" night in which the work "has met objectives", with no reactivations in the fire in Jarilla (Cáceres), while in Llerena (Badajoz) the confinement of the population of Villagarcía de la Torre is easing.

In the Principality of Asturias, there are four active fires, and efforts are focused on the Genestoso area (Cangas del Narcea). There are also active fires in Bezanes (Caso), Faedo (Quirós), and Camarmeña (Cabrales), according to the Emergency Services of the Principality of Asturias (SEPA). In the Valencian Community, after destroying some 500 hectares, the fire that broke out on Wednesday in Teresa de Cofrentes has been declared stabilized.

At the start of the August long weekend, marked by a heat wave that has brought the risk of fires to very high or extreme levels across most of the country, fires are also affecting the Madrid-Galicia train line and several highways.

20:08

The towns of Carballal (Petín) and Roblido (A Rúa) border, in Ourense

The Ourense towns of Carballal (Petín) and Roblido (A Rúa) remain under preventive lockdown due to the fires, as does A Madanela (Monterrei), which was imposed this measure on Thursday, reported 112 Galicia. Another residence in Chandrexa de Queixa has also been placed under lockdown.

The entire province of Ourense remains under emergency status 2 due to forest fires, and this Friday, the Es-Alerta message was used to recommend lockdown in more than thirty municipalities in Ourense.

The mayor of A Rúa, María González Albert, has stated that the situation is dramatic at this time in this municipality in Ourense, with a"village cut off" due to a burning down factory making automotive materials and the need to evacuate the elderly from a residence.

20:03

Guardiola again asks Sánchez for more resources to fight the fires in Extremadura.

The President of Extremadura, María Guardiola, has insisted on the need for more resources to combat the eight simultaneous fires burning in the region, as she told the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, during a telephone conversation. Sánchez called his Extremaduran counterpart to inquire about the situation. Guardiola revealed this on social media. During the call, she reiterated her request that more resources be used to combat the fires in the region.

This Friday, he had already requested from the Government Delegation more air resources and, if available, more ground resources and more UME personnel, to deal with the various fires ravaging the region, in accordance with the demands of the professionals on the ground, according to Guardiola.

19:53

Traffic reopened on the N-525

Traffic on the N-525 has reopened after being cut off in recent hours, while the A-52 remains partially closed, between kilometres 114 (A Mezquita) and 129 (A Gudiña), in both directions, according to 112. For now, rail traffic remains interrupted.

19:49

Sánchez pledges to send"all possible resources" to Galicia.

The president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda, revealed this Friday on X that he received a call from the leader of the national government, Pedro Sánchez, to inquire about the fires affecting Galicia, a conversation in which the regional leader asked for more resources and the state leader promised to do so."President Sánchez just called me to inquire about the fires. I reiterated the need to have all possible resources and he promised that the Minister of the Interior will contact the Xunta to make this effective," Rueda published.

The Galician president expressed his gratitude for the call and stated that he hopes it"will materialize as soon as possible." This morning, the president of the Xunta stated that this Friday he would send a letter to the national government requesting"any means available" to combat the fires affecting the autonomous community, especially the province of Ourense, which remains at emergency level 2.

19:47

Complete closure of the Ávila-Madrid railway line

Adif announced this Friday the complete closure of the railway line between Ávila and Madrid due to the fire that broke out in the town of Herradón de Pinares in Ávila, which affected the area near the railway line. According to a statement reported by the Government Subdelegation, an alternative bus service has been set up on the AP-6 to ensure service. Within this framework, the Regional Government of Castilla y León maintains the fire with a Potential Severity Index (PSI) of 2, which has affected roads and railways, including the CL-505 between kilometer 3.2 in Ávila and kilometer 21 in La Cañada, in both directions.

19:15

The Xunta (regional government) has sent a letter requesting the government to strengthen its firefighting operations in response to the"high level of fire activity."

The Regional Minister for Rural Affairs, María José Gómez, has sent a letter to the Government Delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, in which she asks the Government to strengthen its firefighting operations in light of the"high level of arson activity." In the letter, to which Europa Press has had access, she states that"all material and human resources available to the Xunta de Galicia" have been deployed to combat the fire. She also adds that, in light of statements by several central government ministers regarding"the availability" of more resources "if requested," the Galician government "once again requests the availability of all material and human resources" at the state level.

"To fight forest fires together," he added, also urging the provision of more available heavy machinery, reinforcement brigades for forest fires, and all available fixed-wing or helicopter aerial resources. He also requested the possibility of deploying Army personnel to collaborate and complement the functions already being carried out in recent days in Galician territory by both the Military Emergency Unit and members of the other State Security Forces and Corps.

Given the current context, he emphasizes in the letter the need to be"as prepared as possible." "Therefore, if the State has resources that have not yet been mobilized, we believe it is necessary to reinforce the operation with them," he maintains, insisting that cooperation is"fundamental."

19:10

"The worst situation in history"

The Director General of Forest Defence of the Xunta, Manuel Rodríguez, has pointed out that Galicia is going through the"worst situation in history" with forest fires: "It is a complex situation, possibly the worst in the history of fires in Galicia in terms of scenes experienced, complexities of the fires, difficulties in extinguishing them and weather conditions".

As he said in an interview on Radio Galega, they are facing fires that"completely turn around" in 24 hours, with perimeter flanks that"reappear the next day or two after" and some in "inaccessible mountain areas."

For him, it is a consequence of"the perfect storm", after avery rainy spring, where biomass grew exponentially, and since then,heat waves. He has warned that this scenario is compounded by accidents involving agricultural machinery, carelessness and, since the end of July,"unbridled intentionality". According to him, these conditions do not cause a fire but rather"a complex of fires that end up joining together."

"It's not the same thing to put out fires at an altitude of 300 meters as it is at an altitude of 1,500 meters, in a ravine, where the fire is so deep it's impossible to reach it without aerial means," he said.

19:02

More evictions in León

Residents of the towns of Portilla de la Reina, Pobladura de Somoza and Paradiña have been evacuated due to the spread of the fires that started in Barniedo de la Reina and Paradiña, according to the Government Subdelegation in León.

Specifically, the fire that initially broke out in Barniedo de la Reina, currently at a Potential Severity Index (PSI) of 2, has forced the evacuation of Portilla de la Reina due to falling embers in the area. Those evacuated will be transferred to the Boca de Huérgano pavilion.

On the other hand, the fire that started in Paradiña, which according to Inforcyl is located in IGR 1, has led to the evacuation of residents of the town of the same name and Pobladura de Somoza. These evacuees will be housed in the Villafranca del Bierzo pavilion.

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18:35

More trains affected in Galicia

The fires affecting Galicia have forced the closure of rail traffic between Vilamartín de Valdeorras, in Ourense, and Montefurado, in Lugo, Adif reported. The railway infrastructure manager explained that the closure was in response to a request from security forces. Trains running on the León-Monforte de Lemos conventional network line are affected.

In addition, the Galicia-Madrid line remains closed due to forest fires.

18:32

The severity of one of the Salamanca fires is increasing.

The Regional Government of Castile and León has declared a Potential Severity Index (PSI) in the town of La Sagrada, adding to the fires in San Cristóbal de los Mochuelos and El Payo in the province of Salamanca, which are at the same level. The fire in La Sagrada was triggered at 4:10 p.m. and was upgraded to PSI 2 at 4:18 p.m. due to being a"serious threat to populations, requiring rescue measures for the population or protection of property," according to sources from the Ministry of the Environment, which reported three media outlets in the area.

18:28

The A-52 is closed in Ourense between kilometers 111 and 143 due to fires.

The DGT (Directorate General of Traffic) has reported a traffic closure on the A-52 motorway due to the consequences of the forest fires affecting the provinces of Ourense and Zamora. Initially, the A-52 was closed due to fire between kilometer markers 111 and 127 in both directions, and in Zamora (Lubián) at kilometer marker 103 in the ascending direction. However, shortly afterward, the closure was extended to kilometer marker 143 in both directions.

The Civil Guard has also reported road closures on several roads in the province of Ourense due to the forest fires currently affecting the area.

Specifically, the N-120 has been closed since 3:40 p.m. on the 471, as it passes through Quiroga. The OU533 has also been closed between km 0 and 6 since 2:15 p.m. The N-525 has also been closed since 3:50 p.m. between km 177 and 178 and the junction with the OU-1018. The closures thus affect one of the main access roads to Castile and León.

In addition, the Civil Guard has reported traffic difficulties between Riós and Benavente due to traffic jams. Therefore, they are urging the public to"refrain from traveling through that area." Furthermore, Civil Guard sources consulted by Europa Press have not ruled out closing the highway.

18:22

Evacuation in Ávila

The Ávila district of Urraca-Miguel was evacuated this afternoon due to the progress of the fire at El Herradón de Pinares, which started on the same day and was declared a Potential Severity Index (PSI) of 2. The evacuation was decided after the CECOPI meeting and the declaration of severity level 2, according to the Regional Government of Castilla y León, which"requests that citizens follow the instructions of the emergency services at all times and stay informed through official channels."

For its part, the Ávila City Council has reported that the Local Police, Firefighters, and the Civil Protection Volunteer Group are participating in the evacuation of Urraca-Miguel, just over 13 kilometers from the capital of Ávila. It also indicated that the city's Lienzo Norte Municipal Conference and Exhibition Center has been rehabilitated to accommodate displaced residents. The Herradón de Pinares is located a few kilometers from the town of San Bartolomé de Pinares, where another severity 2 fire broke out last week.

17:52

Four UME soldiers were injured in the Yeres fire in León.

Four members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) have been injured in the fire in Yeres, León, three of whom have suffered burns of varying severity to different parts of their bodies, while the fourth has a dislocated shoulder. All of them, according to the Ministry of Defense on Friday, have been transferred to Ponferrada Hospital, where they are being treated for observation and awaiting the progress of the initial diagnosis.

The incident occurred minutes before 4:00 p.m. near Odollo, in the León region of La Cabrera, where four personnel belonging to the First Emergency Intervention Battalion were carrying out the assigned tasks of extinguishing the fire. More than 1,300 UME soldiers are working on a dozen highly dangerous fires,"where despite the training and professionalism of the personnel, they are not exempt from the inherent risk of a situation as complicated as the one our country is experiencing as a result of the wave of fires," emphasizes the Ministry of Defense.

17:50

Salamanca, in extreme situation with five major fires

The province of Salamanca has entered an extreme situation this afternoon with five major fires at the same time, three level 2 and two level 1, in San Cristóbal de los Mochuelos, El Payo, La Sagrada, La Alberca and Corral de Garciñigo.

The one that is most worrying right now is San Cristóbal de los Mochuelos (Cipérez), which has just been raised to level 2, because it could pose a serious risk to the population and non-forest assets, and where twelve resources are working, according to information on the website of the Ministry of the Environment.

One of the area's ranchers told EFE that the fire is heading toward a hunting estate where there is abundant vegetation, so it is feared that if it spreads there, it will be very difficult to extinguish.

17:43

Confinement and evacuation measures are being eased due to the Jarilla fire, except in Casas del Monte

The Regional Government of Extremadura has lifted the lockdown and evacuation measures for all towns affected by the Jarilla forest fire (Cáceres), except for the municipality of Casas del Monte, due to a flare-up in a pine forest whose smoke has forced residents to self-isolate. Residents are urged to be prepared for a possible evacuation.

17:08

Traffic is once again complicated between Ourense and Zamora, and the Civil Guard is urging people not to travel.

Traffic has become more complicated again between Ourense and Zamora due to the fires, and the Civil Guard has asked people to avoid travel in the areas affected by the fires, especially on the A-52 motorway and the N-525. Specifically, the Civil Guard reports that there are once again traffic jams on the roads and"traffic difficulties" between Ríos, in Ourense, and Benavente, in Zamora.

Thus, they have issued a"call against travel" in the area crossed by the A-52 motorway and the N-525. Previously, they reported road closures on the N-525 between kilometer 177 and 178 and at the PU-1018 interchange, as well as at kilometer 471 of the N-120 and between kilometer 0 and 6 of the OU-533. The province of Ourense remains under emergency level 2 due to the fires.

17:04

Galicia 112 sends Es-Alert messages:"As the fires spread, avoid any unnecessary travel."

112 Galicia has warned of a worsening of conditions in the coming hours in the autonomous community and has asked to take extreme precautions through Es-Alert messages to the population affected by the fires in several areas of Ourense "so that they take extreme precautions and follow the instructions of the emergency services."

These messages state that "as the fires spread, avoid any unnecessary travel and remain indoors." They also state that "if you are outside and have nowhere to stay, stay away from affected areas." They also ask you to follow "the instructions of the emergency services" and stay informed through official sources.

Emergency status 2 remains active in the province of Ourense, and the same level remains active for the Toques fires in A Coruña and Agolada in Pontevedra.

16:59

Traffic is closed on the A-52 highway due to fires between Zamora and Ourense.

The A-52 Rías Bajas highway has been closed to traffic again early this afternoon as a result of the forest fires affecting the border between the provinces of Zamora and Ourense. Vehicles heading towards Galicia are being bagged first in Padornelo and, when that vehicle parking area next to the highway is full, in Puebla de Sanabria , according to the Government Subdelegation in Zamora.

16:47

The Ourense fires have consumed 31,000 hectares

Of the 31,000 hectares devastated in Ourense, more than 11,000 belong only to the Chandrexa de Queixa fire (Requeixo and Parafita, which are already a single fire), according to the latest report provided by the Rural Environment Department.

After Chandrexa, so far the second largest fire in the history of Galicia, Maceda (Santiso and Castro de Escuadro, which also combined with 2,500 hectares) and Oímbra-A Granxa (8,000) are active. Added to these are A Mezquita-A Esculqueira (8,000 hectares), Vilardevós-Vilar de Cervos (500), Vilardevós-Moialde (100 hectares), Vilardevós-Fumaces e a Trepa (50), Vilariño de Conso-Mormentelos (250) and Larouco-Seadur (800 hectares).

16:40

Twelve roads cut off by fires

The DGT (Directorate General of Traffic) has increased the number of roads closed to traffic from 11 to 12 at around 4:00 p.m. this Friday due to forest fires, all on the secondary network. In Cáceres, the roads closed are the N-630 in Aldeanueva del Camino, the CC-206 in Almendral, the CC-213 in Villar de Plasencia, the CC-214 in Jarilla, the CC-218 in Casas del Monte and the CC-318 in Aliseda. In Ourense, two roads have been closed: the OU-533 in A Gudiña and the N-120 in Roblido. Meanwhile, in León, the N-621 is closed in Portilla de la Reina; in Zamora, the ZA-102 in Barjacoba; In Ávila, the CL-505 in La Cañada; and in Huelva, the HU-8100 in Aroche.

16:21

Severity 2 fire in Herradón de Pinares (Ávila)

The Regional Government of Castile and León has declared a Potential Severity Index (PSI) 2 fire in the town of Herradón de Pinares, where more than twenty vehicles are located. This fire started at 1:50 p.m. this Friday, August 15, and has been upgraded to PSI 2 due to"total or partial closures of national or regional roads of special importance, railways," according to the Ministry of the Environment. Near the area, the CL-505 has been closed from kilometer 3.2 in Ávila to kilometer 21 in La Cañada, in both directions, according to the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT). In addition, Adif has reported that at the request of 1-1-2 of Castilla y León, traffic has been suspended between Herradón-La Cañada and Ávila due to the fire near the tracks, which is why there are Medium Distance trains stopped at stations. 16:18

"We lost everything"

The fire in Oímbra (Ourense), which has spread throughout the region of Monterrei, has left residents of the village of A Caridade homeless, after the fire reached some of the houses in the town."This is hell, we have lost everything, we are with nothing," laments José Antonio, one of those affected.

Caridade has been one of the critical points in the province in recent days, with fires devouring homes, warehouses, cars and animals."This was terrifying. We see the bombings of Ukraine on television, but I don't know if it will be worse than this. The fire came and burned everything. We couldn't get anything out," says Samuel, after losing his house to the fire.

16:05

The El Payo fire (Salamanca) has been upgraded to severity level 2.

The Regional Government of Castile and León has upgraded the fire that started in the town of El Payo, Salamanca, to Potential Severity Index (PSI) 2. The El Payo fire broke out this Friday, August 15, at 1:28 p.m. and was upgraded to severity level 1 at 1:18 p.m., and to level 2 at 3:39 p.m., according to data from the Regional Government's Inforcyl platform. Some thirty aircraft and ground resources are working on the extinguishing effort.

Likewise, the fire in Corral de Garcíñigo, in the municipality of Barbalos, was started this Friday at 12:54 p.m. and was raised to IGR 1 at 1:23 p.m. as it could have a significant impact on the natural heritage or socioeconomic status of the area. Four ground and air resources are working on this fire, the origin of which is being investigated. Meanwhile, the fire that started in La Alberca was lowered this Friday from severity level 2 to 1 as the causes that motivated the latter, the risk to the population and non-forestry assets, disappeared, which is why the population of the municipality was confined on Thursday. At this time, a dozen air and ground resources are working to extinguish this fire, the cause of which is still unknown.

15:35

The fire, too close to the train tracks in Ourense

The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puente, assured this Friday that the line between Madrid and Galicia"is 100% operational", but, given the proximity of the fires, there is no civil protection permit to provide service, acknowledging that this is the first time that a high-speed line has been closed for 3 consecutive days.

"Adif is keeping a scanning machine active 24 hours a day to check the condition of the track between Madrid and Galicia. The track is fully operational. However, due to the proximity of the fires, we do not have a civil protection permit to provide the service," the minister stated via his account on the social media platform X.

15:09

Mass message from ES-Alert urging residents of Casas del Monte (Extremadura) to self-isolate

Extremadura's 112 emergency services have sent out a massive ES-Alert message urging people in the Cáceres town of Casas del Monte to remain confined to their homes due to the smoke caused by the Jarilla forest fire. This message was sent after the fire in Casas del Monte flared up again, according to sources from the Extremadura Regional Government. In this message, the 112 emergency services center asked residents to remain indoors with doors and windows closed, follow the instructions of the emergency services, and avoid leaving the town on their own.

15:07

Galicia asks the Government to send more resources

The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, has asked the central government to send more resources to Galicia, those that are available, given the"complicated" situation that, according to him, will continue to occur in relation to forest fires due to high temperatures, the lack of rain and the possibility of winds in areas affected by the fires.

There are currently 10 active fires in Galicia, nine in the province of Ourense and one in A Coruña. For now, the lockdown remains in place for more than 100 people only in Monterrei, and no population centers have been evacuated.

Calling for caution and thanking all the teams collaborating in extinguishing the various fires, the President of the Xunta recalled that ten are still active, nine in the province of Ourense and another in A Coruña."We are still concerned, as we have been in previous days, about those in Ourense," Rueda stressed, after visiting the provincial operational coordination centre (Cecop) on Friday with the Regional Minister for Rural Affairs, María José Gómez, to monitor the fire situation.

14:35

The Carcastillo fire (Navarra) has been extinguished

The Carcastillo forest fire, which broke out last Saturday, August 9, was declared extinguished at 1:00 p.m. Friday. Firefighters who had been working at the scene during the morning have been recalled to their stations, the Government of Navarra reported. The fire has affected a total area of 220 hectares, of which 182 hectares are Aleppo pine, both reforested and natural forest, according to data from the Department of Rural Development and Environment.

14:21

Page urges"caution" and "humility" in the face of fires: "Nature can do a lot of damage when it wants to."

The President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, called for"great caution" this Friday in the face of the heat and the wave of fires, without losing sight of"humility": "Nature, when it sets its mind to it, causes a lot of damage, and if it's aided by the evil hand of humankind, it's even worse.

Speaking to the media from Toledo Cathedral, Page explained that his government has been"under pressure for many days" and "in constant" telephone contact with the technicians: "In Castilla-La Mancha we have been dealing with all the fires that have come to us and we are keeping our fingers crossed because things could get complicated for any of us. It's not really the time for politicians, but it is the time to be at the forefront and, in particular, to support all the services."

14:07

The seven residents evacuated by the agricultural fire in Manacor return to their homes.

The seven residents who were evacuated Thursday afternoon as a precautionary measure due to the agricultural fire that affected 3.03 hectares in Manacor returned to their homes that evening and were able to sleep there, once the emergency was declared under control. Among those evacuated was a mother with a baby.

Mallorca firefighters from the Felanitx and Manacor fire stations responded to the emergency, resulting in no injuries and no damage to any homes near the blaze, according to the fire department.

2:00 PM

Severity 1 in fires in Corral de Garcíñigo and La Alberca (Salamanca), which is downgraded

The Regional Government of Castile and León has raised the Potential Severity Index (PSI) to 1 for a fire in the Salamanca town of Corral de Garciñigo and has lowered the one originating in La Alberca to the same level, which was at severity level 2.

The fire in Corral de Garciñigo, in the municipality of Barbalos, broke out this Friday, August 15, at 12:54 p.m. and was escalated to IGR 1 at 1:23 p.m. Seven ground and air resources are responding to this fire, the origin of which is under investigation.

Meanwhile, the fire that started in La Alberca was reduced from severity level 2 to 1 this Friday, as the causes that led to the latter disappear, as well as the risk to the population and non-forest property, which is why the municipality's population was placed under lockdown on Thursday. Currently, twelve air and ground resources are working to extinguish this fire, the cause of which is still unknown.

13:51

The lockdown is lifted for more than 200 people in Galicia and is maintained for 120

The confinement measure due to the fires has been lifted for more than 200 people in different parts of Ourense, although it remains in place for another 120 due to the forest fires affecting that province.

112 Galicia has reported that those of Rebordedondo, in Cualedro -60 people-, and those of As Casas dos Montes, in Oímbra -142 people- have concluded. Only 122 residents of A Madanela, in Monterrei, remain confined.

The lockdown was also previously lifted for residents of Estevesiños and Vences, in Monterrey, who were forced to stay indoors on Thursday.

13:45

Seven roads remain closed due to fires

At midday, seven roads were closed to traffic as a result of the forest fires, one of them a national road and the rest on the secondary network.

In Cáceres you cannot drive on the N-630 through Aldeanueva del Camino, nor on the CC-206 in Almendral, the CC-213 in Villar de Plasencia, the CC-214 in Jarilla and the CC-218 in Casas del Monte.

Furthermore, traffic is prohibited on the ZA-102 in Pías (Zamora) and on the Huelva road HU-8100, in Aroche.

13:34

The fire in Calera y Chozas (Toledo) has been extinguished 27 hours after its detection.

The Infocam Plan of Castilla-La Mancha has declared extinguished the fire that started last Tuesday in Alberche del Caudillo and moved to Calera and Chozas, both towns in the province of Toledo.

According to information provided by Infocam, reported by Europa Press, the fire was declared under control this Thursday at around 10:00 p.m. with 40 media outlets and 169 people working to extinguish it.

Firefighting efforts became more complicated Tuesday evening, reaching a Level 2 operating status, forcing 5,000 people to be confined.

1:30 PM

Quintanilla de Flórez (León) bids farewell to the second volunteer killed in the fires

The small town of Quintanilla de Flórez in León, with just 20 inhabitants, said goodbye this Friday to Jaime Aparicio, the 37-year-old volunteer who was unable to overcome the severe burns he suffered on 85 percent of his body while trying to put out the fire in Nogarejas and ended up dying in the hospital this Thursday.

Jaime's funeral comes one day after that of his cousin, Abel Ramos, the first fatality of these fires, who died last Tuesday while the two were fighting the flames as volunteers at the Nogarejas blaze.

The ceremony was held in the town's parish church, with a capacity for a few people, and had to be watched from outside by the hundreds of friends, family, and neighbors who paid their final respects to this young man, the second fatality in the fires in the province of León.

Jaime Aparicio lived permanently in this small town in León, where he ran the village bar, and with his actions, he hoped to prevent the flames from reaching Quintanilla de Flórez. Several minutes of applause greeted the two hearses, the one carrying the flowers and the one from which the coffin containing Jaime's body was carried out, carried on the shoulders of friends and family, into the town parish.

13:25

Feijóo calls on Sánchez to mobilize the Army beyond the EMU in the fight against the fire:"It's a national crisis."

Beyond the Military Emergency Unit (UME), the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has asked Pedro Sánchez to mobilize the"operational and logistical forces" of the Army to help in the fight against the fire in the face of what he has defined as a "national crisis" that requires "extraordinary means" amid fears that "the worst is yet to come" in the second half of August and September.

During a visit to the forward command post in Palacios del Sil (León), accompanied by the President of the Regional Government of Castile and León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, the opposition leader asked the Government for conventional Army units to be incorporated into tasks such as the evacuation of towns, the provisioning of spaces where displaced persons are being housed when the authorities are overwhelmed, or to help monitor the perimeters of fires. 13:05

Mañueco says the situation in Castile and León is evolving favorably.

The president of the Regional Government of Castile and León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, indicated this Friday that the general fire situation in Castile and León has evolved favorably since yesterday.

Speaking to the media after visiting the advanced command post of Palacios del Sil, in León, with the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, he pointed out that, nevertheless, the fire affecting the area where they are located is no better than yesterday.

He explained that in the rest of the community there has been an improvement in recent hours and that in the province of Zamora all the people evacuated due to the fire in Molezuelas de la Carballeda have already returned to their municipalities.

Mañueco has detailed that in the case of León this Thursday there were around 7,800 people evacuated, a figure that has dropped to 2,500, and it is expected that other municipalities will be relocated throughout the day.

12:53

Ayuso attacks the"rigid bureaucracy" and "ideological agendas" that "impede the work" of rural people.

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has lashed out against"rigid bureaucracy" often sponsored by certain "pressure groups" and "ideological agendas" that "impede the work" of rural people.

From the Casa de la Villa, where some of the events for the day of the Virgen de la Paloma were held, the president of Madrid has attributed what is happening in the Iberian Peninsula with the fires to"a combination of circumstances." "It is also happening throughout the Mediterranean. You only have to look at other countries like Greece, which suffers the same consequences every year," she pointed out.

The Madrid governor has argued that"in Spain, what we need to do throughout the year is allocate more policies, especially to prevention." This involves "keeping the countryside much cleaner, abandoning rigid bureaucracy, often caused by pressure groups that prevent the cleaning of riverbanks, clearing weeds, and allowing themselves to be driven by ideological agendas that are ineffective and, as the rural people who live there daily point out, all they do is hinder their daily work."

12:40

The Jarilla fire in Cáceres is not growing.

The evolution of the wildfires in Extremadura exceeds the best forecasts after a"very positive" night in which the work "met objectives," with no restarts in the Jarilla (Cáceres) wildfire, while in Llerena (Badajoz), the lockdown in the town of Villagarcía de la Torre is being lifted. Furthermore, residents of the Los Molinos neighborhood, evacuated due to this latest fire, are able to return to their homes.

This was announced by the Minister of the Presidency, Interior and Social Dialogue of Extremadura, Abel Bautista, following the meeting of the CECOPI Steering Committee from the Advanced Command Post deployed in La Granja (Cáceres), in the area of the Jarilla fire. According to Bautista, the fire in northern Cáceres has not grown and remains at around 4,800 hectares affected and a perimeter of 50 kilometers. 12:29

Emergencies expect the"most critical" moments this afternoon due to low humidity and high heat.

The forest fire in Teresa de Cofrentes (Valencia) has already been declared stabilized after affecting some 504 hectares, but the"most critical" moments are expected on Friday afternoon because humidity will be very low and temperatures will continue to rise, with maximums that could reach 38 degrees.

This was the warning issued by the Minister of Emergencies and the Interior, Juan Carlos Valderrama, after the meeting this morning at the Advanced Command Point (PMA) of the Teresa de Cofrentes forest fire, who indicated that after the fire was declared stabilized, a resizing and de-escalation of personnel will be carried out.

For his part, the Government's sub-delegate in the province of Valencia, José Rodríguez Jurado, has indicated that for the moment the evacuated residents cannot return to their homes, and that the Civil Guard will maintain access controls to ensure their safety.

12:19

Renfe plans to reopen the service between Madrid and Galicia with bus transfers.

Renfe is considering reopening rail service on the Madrid-Galicia line, which was cut off by forest fires, with bus and road transfers between Otero de Sanabria (Zamora) and Ourense.

The public railway operator has communicated this and it is expected that trains will begin running throughout the morning of this Friday, according to what has been reported to the Integrated Operational Coordination Centre (Cecopi) established in Zamora due to the forest fires.

This circumstance has been reported by the territorial delegate of the Junta de Castilla y León in Zamora and head of Cecopi, Fernando Prada, who has indicated that the convoys from Madrid will arrive at the Sanabria High Speed station, in Otero de Sanabria, and from there continue by bus to Ourense on the A-52 motorway, which is open to traffic.

The forest fires in the east of the province of Ourense that have already reached Alta Sanabria in Zamora have caused the closure of the Madrid-Galicia high-speed line to traffic.

12:10

One firefighter remains in critical condition and two others are in serious condition due to the fire in Oímbra, Ourense.

The three firefighters who suffered burns while extinguishing a fire in Oímbra (Ourense) remain hospitalized in the A Coruña hospital, one of them with a very serious prognosis and the other two are in serious condition.

According to the medical report provided this Friday by the A Coruña Hospital Complex (Chuac), the 18-year-old brigade member has third-degree burns and 40% of his body was affected, in addition to having been poisoned by smoke inhalation.

He is in stable condition, but his prognosis is very serious, so it remains unchanged from Thursday's report. The 23-year-old firefighter, who suffered second-degree burns, affecting 15% of his body, and smoke inhalation poisoning, is progressing favorably, although his prognosis is serious.

Another of the injured brigade members, aged 25, also has second-degree burns, with 15% of his body affected.

12:05

Swimming in Sanabria Lake is prohibited due to the amount of water from the Zamora-Ourense fire.

Swimming in Sanabria Lake in Zamora is temporarily prohibited during the water loading operations carried out this Friday by the thirteen aircraft deployed to combat the forest fire that has spread from the province of Ourense to Zamora.

The territorial delegate of the Junta de Castilla y León in Zamora, Fernando Prada, who is in charge of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi) for the fires in Zamora, has reported this circumstance on one of the days of the year with the greatest influx of bathers to what is the largest lake in Spain.

Prada has specified that there are eight seaplanes and five helicopters working to stop the spread of the flames and that they will collect water from the lake in Zamora, so to avoid risks, bathing is prohibited during loading operations.

12:00

Rueda, along with the Regional Minister for Rural Affairs, will check the fire situation at the coordination center.

The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, accompanied by the regional minister for Rural Environment, María José Gómez, will visit the provincial operational coordination centre (Cecop) this Friday to monitor the situation of the forest fires.

Rueda will return to the province of Ourense for a new day of fighting the flames, in which several towns - with more than 300 people - are still confined, according to the latest data provided by the 112 Galicia service.

The number of hectares burned continues to grow in the province of Ourense, the most affected by the fires, and has already exceeded 31,000, with several large fires out of control.

11:53

About 300 people have been evacuated in Salientes (León), an area near a bear reserve.

The fire that broke out in the town of Fasgar, in the Bierzo region of León, has forced the evacuation of nearly 300 people from Salientes, an area close to an important bear reserve, due to the spread of the flames and the entry of smoke.

In addition, the Government subdelegation in León has reported that the road has been closed in the junction of the LE-5228 climb to the top of Morredero with the LE-6312 (Bouzas) Both in the municipality of Ponferrada, and the LE-5228 has also been closed in the town of Corporales (Benuza, León). In the town of Peñalba de Santiago (Ponferrada, León), a local police patrol has cut off access to a paved forest track up to LE 5228.

On the other hand, the hundred residents of Quintanilla de Flórez , sixty of Jamuz Palaces , one hundred of Quintana and Congosto and 140 from Herreros de Jamuz , all in the province of León.

11:45

The wave of fires in Ourense keeps more than 300 people confined in Monterrei, Oímbra and Cualedro

The wave of fires that has been ravaging Ourense for days and has forced the establishment of activate 'Situation 2' At the provincial level, as a preventive measure, it has left another difficult night, with evacuations and the confinement of several towns.

Last night, 112 reported that about seven people had been evacuated in Flariz (Monterrei) and from Zamora It was reported that hundreds of people had had to abandon their causes due to a fire that broke out in the province of Castilla y León in the afternoon.

There were also lockdowns. In fact, the Galician emergency service updated the information this morning with a report confirming that the lockdown is still in place in the towns of To Madalena (Monterrei), As Casas dos Montes (Oímbra) and Rebordondo (Cualedro).

Specifically, since this Thursday the population centers of To Madanela (Monterrei), with 122 people, As Casas dos Montes (Oímbra), with 142 people, and Rebordondo (Cualedro), with 60 people , with the latter town being confined during the last hours of this Thursday.

11:40

The DGT again increases the number of roads closed by fires to 11.

The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has again increased to 11 the number of roads closed to traffic around at 11:00 a.m. this Friday due to forest fires, all of them from the secondary network.

In Cáceres The roads closed are the N-630 in Aldeanueva del Camino, the CC-206 in Almendral, the CC-213 in Villar de Plasencia, the CC-214 in Jarilla and the CC-218 in Casas del Monte.

In Castile and León, in Zamora the ZA-102 in Pias, in León the LE-133 in Valdeviejas, and in Palencia the PP-2114, PP-2113 and PP-2116 in La Pernía

In Andalusia , the HU-8100 is cut off in Huelva in Aroche.

11:30

Four of the six injured in the fires in Castilla y León remain in critical condition.

The five injured patients who remain hospitalized with serious burns at the Río Hortega University Hospital in Valladolid remain without significant clinical changes in the last 24 hours. -four in critical condition and one in serious condition-, while the sixth patient admitted to the Getafe University remains stable and has experienced positive progress.

Of these six injured, four resulted in Beekeeper (Zamora) due to the fire that started in Puercas while trying to escape the flames, and the other two in La Bañeza (León).

In the latest update on the evolution of the injured people, the Board has detailed that of the five patients who are in the Valladolid Hospital Three of them are in critical condition in the Burns Unit, a regional reference unit, and two others are in the conventional Intensive Care Unit, one of them in critical condition and the other with a serious prognosis.

11:25

The forest fire in Teresa de Cofrentes (Valencia) has been stabilized.

The forest fire that broke out last Wednesday in Teresa de Cofrente (Valencia), which has devastated about 500 hectares , has been declared stabilized by firefighters at 10:30 a.m. this Friday, according to the Generalitat's Emergency Center.

At the site, where drones with thermal cameras have assessed potential hot spots, ground and ground resources have been working all night. This morning the air traffic has been incorporated.

11:10

The lockdown in Villagarcía de la Torre, Extremadura, is being lifted.

The neighbors of Villagarcía de la Torre (Badajoz), who had been confined to their homes last night as a preventive measure against the fire in Llerena and Pallares, can now leave their homes, as confirmed by the Minister of the Presidency and the Interior, Abel Bautista.

In addition, the return to their homes of the 40 residents evicted from the Los Molinos development , in Llerena, which had been located in the town's sports center.

This fire in the province of Badajoz has burned an area of approximately 5,000 hectares , the councilor explained. Overall, the night in Extremadura has been"very positive," so the fires are progressing favorably in this region, he reports. David Vigario .

11:09

Feijóo visits the Palacios del Sil forward command post in León with Mañueco.

The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo , visit this Friday, accompanied by the president of the Junta de Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco , the advanced command post of Palacios del Sil, in León.

The visit to this operations center of the Junta de Castilla y León will take place at 12:00 noon, and after that the PP leader plans to address the media.

Castilla y León, along with Galicia and Extremadura, are the autonomous communities most affected by the wave of forest fires declared in Spain and which in recent days have left three dead , several critically injured and nearly 105,000 hectares devastated.

11:05

Andalusia sends firefighting resources to the blaze in Burguillos (Badajoz)

The Andalusian Government has sent this Saturday human and technical resources to the forest fire that has started in Burguillos del Cerro (Badajoz), based on collaboration between autonomous communities in combating this type of disaster.

On its social networks, Infoca has reported that it has been sent to this fire three groups of forest firefighters , an operations technician, an emergency manager and a fire engine.

These media join those sent this Friday to Galicia, including a Super Puma helicopter , which are added to the fifty personnel of this service that have been assigned to the fire in León and the two planes sent to the Jarilla fire in Cáceres.

11:00

The Molezuelas fire is in a"favorable" situation after controlling "reignitions" last night.

The fire started in Molezuelas of Carballeda (Zamora), which also affects the province of León, presents a"favorable" situation On the morning of this Friday, August 15, after a night in which the"revivals" and the perimeter of the fire.

The technical director of Extinction in the fire, Angel Sanchez , reported that the progress is"satisfactory" since the flare-ups caused by the "shifting gusts of wind" that occurred last night have been brought under control.

"The arrangement of the media throughout the same have allowed their control "The perimeter hasn't moved forward since yesterday, so neither has the surface area," Sánchez stated, in statements sent by the Ministry of the Environment.

10:54

Some 32,000 hectares burned and 320 people confined by the fires in Galicia.

The fires that the fire-fighting services are currently fighting in Galicia They have burned some 32,000 hectares and have kept more than 320 people confined in the autonomous community.

The fires, which until now were concentrated in the province of Ourense, in emergency situation 2 , one has been added in the province of A Coruña that has also activated this alert level.

The population centers of A Madanela (Monterrei) with 122 people, As Casas do Monte (Oímbra) with 142 people and Rebordondo (Cualedro) with 60 people , according to the Ministry of Rural Environment. Residents of Estevesiños and Vences, who had to shelter in their homes on Thursday, are no longer under lockdown.

10:50

Sánchez affirms that"the Government continues to commit all its resources to stopping the fire."

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez , stressed that the Government remains fully committed to stopping the fire on a day that will once again be"very difficult," with an extreme risk of further fires.

"Today It will be a very hard day again, with an extreme risk of further fires. The Government continues to deploy all its resources to stop the fire," he said on his account on the social network X.

He has also transmitted his gratitude to those on the"front line" fighting the flames.

10:37

The 1,350 evacuees in Porto (Zamora), scattered and awaiting the spread of the fire

The 1,350 residents and holidaymakers of Porto (Zamora) who were evacuated due to the fire that has entered the province of Zamora from Ourense They have spent the night scattered across different municipalities in Zamora, some even spending the night in Braganza (Portugal), most of them losing hours of sleep and all of them keeping an eye on the progress of the fire.

The mayor of Porto, Francisco Blanco , who has visited residents housed in municipal facilities in Puebla de Sanabria and Lubián, and has spoken with some of those who have stayed on their own in relatives' homes and hotels, told EFE that people are"well and relatively calm."

Some have slept more and others less due to the discomfort of doing so in a sports hall on stretchers, but above all they are"wanting to return" to his town, although it's not possible for the moment, the municipal councilor explained. Regarding the fire situation, Blanco indicated that the Villanueva de la Sierra front, which was closest to an urban center, has been brought under control with backfires and heavy machinery to cordon off the area.

10:25

The A-52 is closed in Cualedro (Ourense) and rail traffic remains disrupted due to the fires.

The consequences of the wave of fires that has been affecting Galicia for days, with particular intensity in the province of Ourense , have had an impact on roads and rail traffic, which has been strongly felt during the 'exit operation' over the August 15th bridge.

The problems continue this Saturday and the latest report from 112 Galicia reflects that it remains The A-52 is closed at kilometer 173 in Cualedro (Ourense).

Last night it was reported that the A-52, which suffered major problems this Thursday, with about a thousand vehicles detained before the flames, it was reopened in both directions.

10:17

The UME deploys 1,300 soldiers to fight the fire and adds 2,100 in support.

The Military Emergency Unit (UME) has deployed 1,300 soldiers this Friday in the fight against twelve forest fires, including the one in Teresa of Cofrentes (Valencia) , to which are added 2,100 in logistical and command support tasks in a task for which they have deployed 440 resources.

According to its X account, the unit is working on the main active fires in the northwest of the country. (Ourense, Castile and León and Asturias) , in the accidents of the Jarilla (Cáceres) and Llerena (Badajoz) and in Teresa de Cofrentes (Valencia).

In all of them, the respective autonomous communities have declared Level 2, requiring the participation of the UME (Mechanical Emergency Unit). The military, as they emphasized this week, is facing a very tough fire campaign. almost similar to that of 2023, when three major heat waves occurred that required the participation of all soldiers in the unit.

10:09

Active fight to keep the Molezuelas (Zamora) fire from exceeding the 31,500 hectares

The extinguishing media have worked during the last night in the rekindling of the flames that have occurred in some places due to the wind and have fought to control the perimeter of 31,500 hectares of the provinces of Zamora and León through which the fire that started on Sunday in the town of Molezuelas de la Carballeda in Zamora is spreading, according to sources from the firefighting media.

Although the wind gusts have been changeable and this has caused the rekindling of fires within the area of the fire and its perimeter, the provision of the night resources has allowed its control and that the area of this fire has not been exceeded, in which two people have already died and which is considered one of the largest fires in Spain since records began.

The technical director of extinction, Angel Sanchez , has indicated that the progress of the fire during the last night has been satisfactory, since these reactivations have been brought under control and the area affected by the fire has not advanced.

9:53

Level 2 declared for a fire in Toques (A Coruña), with 200 hectares destroyed

The Xunta has declared a new fire in the Coruña municipality of Toques, specifically in the parish of Saint Martin of Oleiros , which according to the latest estimates has already devastated 200 hectares and is a cause for concern due to its proximity to the town of Penagundín, in Melide (A Coruña).

Precisely because of the proximity of the flames to the houses, emergency situation 2 has been activated, which is still active throughout the province of Ourense, the most affected by the fires in Galicia and where they have already burned. more than 26,000 hectares , awaiting the new report from the Rural Environment with updated information.

The most devastating fire is the Chandrexa de Queixa (Ourense), which has devastated more than 11,000 hectares In this Ourense municipality, the Requeixo and Parafita fires have merged, as did the Maceda blaze, where the Santiso and Castro de Escuadro fires also merged, and remain active.

9:40

Asturias has four active fires and another four under control.

Asturias recorded eight forest fires this Friday morning., of which four remain active and another four are under control, although they are still being reviewed by the SEPA Fire Department and the Natural Environment nursery.

According to SEPA itself, the extinguishing work is focused, once again, on the Genestoso fire, in Cangas del Narcea , where technical fire was used during the night to secure the flank close to the town.

A large device formed by the Forest Fire Reinforcement Brigade (BRIF) of Tineo, the Military Emergency Unit (UME), Firefighters of the KNOW and crews from the forestry company Valledor The work is coordinated from the council's Advanced Command Post, under the direction of a Fire District Chief.

9:35

Juanma Moreno calls for tougher penalties for arsonists following the Tarifa fires.

The President of the Andalusian Government, Juanma Moreno , has called for a"clear and forceful tightening" of penalties for arsonists, who endanger"natural and personal heritage," as occurred in the recent fire in Tarifa, in which"everything points to the fact that it was intentional."

Moreno, in an interview on Radio COPE reported by Europa Press, regretted that after the investigations by the Civil Guard and the Police Attached to Andalusia,"everything indicates, based on the information available, that the fire was intentional". Thus, the president of the Regional Government emphasized the"difficulties" that exist when it comes to arresting an arsonist, and when they do, they face a"completely harmless" penal code.

In this sense, Moreno has described the second fire in Tarifa in two weeks, which started last Monday, August 11, as"the most complicated that the devices of the Forest Fire Extinguishing Service in Andalusia (Infoca) have faced in recent years", a situation caused by"the houses scattered in the area of Atlanterra with families on vacation, where the flames reached just four meters from the homes."

9:30

Aerial resources return to the twelve major fires declared in Castile and León

Aerial fire-extinguishing resources have begun to be gradually incorporated into the Twelve major fires affecting Castile and León, of which nine are level 2, mostly in the province of León, and three are level 1.

The fire declared in La Uña, in the Leonese region of Riaño , has worsened in recent hours and has been declared level 1. In addition, six other fires remain active in the community, although not dangerous.

In Zamora there is concern about the fire that broke out in To the Mosque, in Ourense , which due to a change in wind has entered the province through the Hermisende Valley , while in León efforts are focused on the fires that broke out in the northern part of the province.

The day is very complicated due to high temperatures and winds, changes in direction and strong gusts that rekindle the fire and facilitate regeneration.

9:25

The fire between Zamora and Ourense remains out of control, with more than 1,700 people evacuated.

The work of the fire-fighting services has focused last night on saving some threatened houses in the Zamora municipalities evacuated by the fire that has reached this province from neighboring Ourense, a fire that continues uncontrolled , according to sources from the Zamora firefighting operation who have informed EFE.

For the moment, the fire has not reached any homes but remains"out of control", with many hot spots in the province of Ourense and with two fronts that have advanced through the valleys of Hermisende and Pías, in the Zamora region of Alta Sanabria, where people have had to evacuate. more than 1,700 people.

Nighttime fire crews have already been relieved by daytime ground crews, and firefighting efforts in Zamora province are monitoring wind direction to monitor the spread of the blaze, which in this province is affecting oak and pine trees, as well as scrubland.

9:20

AEMET warns that the risk of fires will continue until Monday in most of Spain.

The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has warned that the danger of fires"very high or extreme" will continue in most of Spain until Monday, as long as the heat wave lasts.

"This Friday, very high or extreme fire danger is expected across most of the country. The danger will remain at very high or extreme levels. during the weekend and on Monday, days in which the heat wave that has affected us since the beginning of the month continues," the state agency said in a message on the social network 'X'.

9:01

High temperatures are putting almost all of Spain on alert today, with Cantabria and Vizcaya on red alert with 40ºC.

A total of 46 provinces have active warnings for high temperatures this Friday, which will be raised to Red alert (extreme in Cantabria (Cantabrian coast) and Vizcaya) , due to maximum temperatures of up to 40ºC while others 24 provinces will be in orange level (important) due to heat, according to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).

Specifically, the provinces that will be at level orange by heat are Valencia (Valencian Community), La Rioja (Ribera del Ebro of La Rioja), Alava and Guipuzcoa (Basque Country), Foral Community of Navarre (Central Navarre and Ribera del Ebro of Navarre), Lugo and Ourense (Galicia), Badajoz and Caceres (Extremadura), Lleida and Tarragona (Catalonia), Ciudad Real and Toledo (Castile-La Mancha), Avila, Salamanca, Valladolid and Zamora (Castile and Leon), Cantabria (Liebana, Center and Valley of Villaverde and Cantabria del Ebro), Principality of Asturias (Southwestern Asturias, Central and Mining Valleys and Mountain Range and Picos de Europa), Huesca and Zaragoza (Aragon) and Cordoba, Jaen and Seville (Andalusia).

The rest of the provinces with active notices for this Friday due to high temperatures are Alicante and Castellón (Valencian Community), La Rioja (Iberian Rioja), Foral Community of Navarra (Cantabrian slope of Navarra and Navarrese Pyrenees), Murcia (Vega del Segura), Madrid (Sierra de Madrid, Metropolitan and Henares and South, Vegas and West), Barcelona and Girona (Catalonia), Albacete, Cuenca and Guadalajara (Castilla-La Mancha), Burgos, León, Palencia, Segovia and Soria (Castilla y León), Ibiza and Formentera and Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Principality of Asturias (Eastern coast of Asturias), Teruel (Aragon), Almería, Cádiz, Granada and Huelva (Andalusia) and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands).

8:54

Emergencies advise restricting fireworks in areas near forests

The Emergency Coordination Center has issued this Friday, the feast of the Virgin of August, an information note in which it recommends the restriction on fireworks activity due to the risk of fire in areas close to forests and to prevent the spread of forest fires.

Emergencies are following the instructions of Civil Protection, given the extreme risk of fires and the adverse weather conditions due to high temperatures, given that during this holiday various festive activities are held in many towns in the Valencian Community.

The note states that given the situation that is occurring in our country with forest fires, and given the adversity posed by the weather situation,"the use of fireworks, especially in contexts of high temperatures, low humidity and wind , significantly increases the likelihood of forest and urban fires, as well as the risk to human safety."

8:42

In the Teresa de Cofrentes forest fire, two hot spots were detected overnight.

The media participating in the work to extinguish the forest fire that broke out on Wednesday in Teresa de Cofrentes (Valencia), which has already devastated around 504 hectares of surface area , have detected two hot spots during the night where they have"specially employed", according to the Generalitat's Emergency Department.

Aerial resources will be arriving in the area this Friday, while the same ground resources that were there overnight are currently continuing their work: Five fire engines and seven forest fire units, six crews and four forest brigades from the Firefighters Consortium, a patrol from the Generalitat Police and personnel from the Military Emergency Unit (UME).

In total, the device deployed in this fire these days is around 340 troops , of which around 200 are from the Valencian Community (including technical, logistical, health, environmental personnel, etc.) and 140 from the General State Administration.

8:30

Extinguishing several fires is complicated by wind and extreme heat.

Ourense is overwhelmed by three uncontrolled fires that are already They have burned almost 30,000 hectares.

Some 1,750 residents of the Sanabria region , in Zamora, remain evacuated. The fire has spread from Galicia. Hundreds more remain on alert in case authorities order an evacuation.

Extremadura is fighting six active fires., and the concern is in Pallares, in Badajoz, where the UME is working to extinguish the fire.

8:19

How to save your mental health from a fire: from setting roles to finding support networks

The devastating fires ravaging Spain can also be destructive to the mental health of evacuees, especially those who, in addition to immediate psychosocial support, They need to regain a sense of control by establishing responsibilities and support networks to avoid long-term disruptions.

For approximately one month after a catastrophe, those affected will show"responses and behaviors that will surprise; there will be those who cry desperately, those who start laughing uncontrollably, people who don't feel like eating and others who want to eat all the time, but all the reactions, all of them, are within the normal range," he explains to EFE. Monica Pereira, from the Emergencies and Catastrophes group of the Madrid College of Psychology.

There are even people who refuse to leave their homes threatened by the flames or to return to them despite putting their lives in danger, and that is also within the"normal" range."My brain is unable to process the possibility of losing everything I have created for so long, and then I get stuck. It's a shock," the expert explains. Furthermore, homes are the safest place for everyone, and losing them means losing that security as well.

Over time, between 10 and 15% of those affected She believes that not only have they weathered the catastrophe, but they've actually improved; the majority, between 75 and 80%, return to their more or less normal lives, and 5 to 10% will develop some type of mental illness or emotional distress."The thing the human brain struggles with the most is uncertainty," the psychologist emphasizes. Therefore, experts who work in emergencies always advise"focusing on what you can do to manage your current situation."

8:09

Madrid remains on yellow heat warning, with temperatures rising again to 40°C.

The Community of Madrid continues this Friday, in the Feast of the Virgin of the Dove , on yellow alert for high temperatures, according to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), with thermometers that will again climb to 40 ºC in some parts of the region.

According to the forecast, after the slight drop of the previous day, temperatures will rise again by a few degrees, with minimum increases predominating in the center and south of the region, with Temperatures of 25 ºC in Madrid.

In general, except in high areas of the mountains , temperatures will range around 39 ºC and may occasionally reach 40 ºC in the Tajo, Henares and Jarama valleys.

8:02

Renfe service between Madrid and Galicia remains suspended.

The bass active fires in the province of Ourense have caused the train service between Madrid and Galicia to remain suspended.

Renfe offers the ticket refund If travelers choose not to wait for the AVE trains to reopen, they will resume service when the service is guaranteed to be safe.

Adif will continue its inspection and inspection of the railway infrastructure so that, when the competent emergency authorities authorize the resumption of traffic, the tracks are ready to resume service as soon as possible. An update on the status of the roads is expected mid-morning.

7:50

The forest fire that broke out yesterday afternoon in Aroche (Huelva) has been brought under control.

The Infoca Plan has declared the forest fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon in the area under control. 'La Contienda' in the municipality of Aroche, in the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche Natural Park (Huelva), which according to initial estimates has affected some 500 hectares.

According to the Infoca Plan, the control was decreed at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, at which time a device consisting of two fire engines and two groups of forest firefighters and an environmental agent continue with the auction and liquidation tasks.

7:40

Cantabria activates its emergency plan to help Castile and León with the fires

The Government of Cantabria has activated the Territorial Emergency Plan of Cantabria (Platercant) in the pre-emergency phase with the aim of collaborating with other autonomous communities that are suffering serious forest fires, especially the provinces of Zamora and León , in Castile and León.

The Cantabrian Minister of the Presidency and Security, Isabel Urrutia , has signed the resolution that allows the mobilization of specialized regional resources for firefighting, coordination, and logistics work based on the principle of solidarity between autonomous communities.

7:37

Castile and León sends mobile messages to evacuate areas of Sanabria (Zamora) due to the fire that has come from Ourense.

The Junta de Castilla y León has used the 'Es Alert' system to send messages to mobile phones in which it asked citizens located in the area of influence of the fire that has crossed Ourense to leave their homes due to the risk of the flames reaching urban areas.

At around 19:41 yesterday, this system was used to recommend to the population that had remained in the area of possible influence of the flames,"around 200 people, to evacuate urgently because there was danger to the population."

Previously, the Civil Guard had already evacuated about 1,500 people from the towns of Castromil, Villanueva de la Sierra, Barjacoba, Pías and Porto.

7:35

Evolution of the number of fire casualties in León

Regarding the progress of the injured in León, the two who were transferred from this province respectively to the burn units of the Río Hortega Hospital in Valladolid and the hospital in Getafe,"They evolve within gravity normally", without providing details of the injured who were initially treated in the province of Zamora and who were also evacuated to Valladolid.

In this sense, he acknowledged that the day started badly after learning of the death of one of the young people who had been injured in Nogarejas, cousin of the first fatal victim of this fire and who was dismissed this Thursday at a funeral held in La Bañeza.

7:33

The fire between Zamora and León destroyed 4,000 hectares per hour.

The forest fire that started in the Zamora municipality of Molezuelas de la Carballeda and spread toward the province of León was spreading at a rate unknown to technicians, with up to 4,000 hectares of land scorched per hour.

This speed data was provided after the last meeting of the provincial Cecopi by the territorial delegate of the Board in León, Eduardo Diego , who stressed that this fire"has spread very quickly" and has caused "a lot of damage," including the death of two young people who fought the flames in Nogarejas (León).

Diego has preferred not to analyze whether it is the the worst fire in the history of Spain since there are records (1968), since in his opinion beyond the territorial extension Other factors such as damage caused by flames must be taken into account.

7:25

Madrid Forestry Brigades suspend their strike until the 25th due to the"devastating fire situation."

The Forestry Brigades of the Community of Madrid announced this Thursday the interruption of the strike called last July 15th for the next 10 days starting this Friday in light of the "devastating situation" the country is experiencing due to the fires.

This was reported to the media by representatives of the company committee in front of the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Interior. Rafael Fernández, Jesús Molina and Julio Chana , by the unions UGT, FIRET and CGT, respectively.

During the announcement, they launched the request for a three-way meeting this Monday, August 18 , along with the public company Tragsa, which is dependent on the central government, and the Community of Madrid to negotiate their conditions and reach an agreement, although they have criticized the fact that the response from the administrations has been"null and void" so far.

7:15

Guardiola expresses concern over the Pallares fire, which has burned 2,500 hectares.

The president of the Regional Government of Extremadura, Maria Guardiola , has shown on Thursday night his concern about the fire in Pallares (Badajoz) , one of the six remaining active fires in the autonomous community, which has already affected 2,500 hectares and has 40 people evacuated. Extremadura has six active fires.

In a message written on his account on the social network X, Guardiola has indicated that the Emergency Service 112 has proceeded to send mass alerts via mobile phone (ES-Alert) to people who are in Villagarcía de la Torre (Badajoz), to remain confined to their homes due to the risk of smoke caused by the Pallares forest fire.

Guardiola also referred to the fire in Jarilla (Cáceres), which he said was progressing"as planned" and that firefighting efforts would continue throughout the night.

7:00

Eleven roads remain closed due to fires, two of them national roads.

Eleven Spanish roads, two of them national, remain closed at the end of this morning due to forest fires, most of them in the provinces of Cáceres and Palencia , according to the table of road closures published on the website of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).

The two national highways affected are the N-525 in A Gudiña (Ourense), in an increasing sense of mileage; and the N-630 as it passes through Cáceres , in both directions between Aldeanueva del Camino and Plasencia. The rest of the affected roads are secondary roads in Cáceres, Huelva, León, Palencia, and Zamora.

Specifically, in Cáceres the electricity is cut off The CC-206, between Almendral and Guijo de Granadilla; the CC-213, between Villar de Plasencia and Cabezabellosa; and the CC-214, near Jarilla.

In Palencia the roads are affected PP-2113, between El Campo and Lores; PP-2114, between San Salvador de Cantamuda and Lebanza; and PP-2116, between San Salvador de Cantamuda and El Campo.

In addition, it is cut in In Huelva, the HU-8100, between Aroche and Encinasola; in León, the LE-133, between Valdeviejas and Santiago Millas; and in Zamora, the ZA-102, between Villanueva de la Sierra and Barjacoba.