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Spain continues the fight with the largest fires in recent decades

2025-08-19 19:48:28Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Spain continues the fight with the largest fires in recent decades
Fires in Spain

Spain continued the fight on Tuesday with several large forest fires in one of the most devastating seasons as a result of wildfires in recent decades, despite temperatures in the Iberian Peninsula dropping.

Thousands of firefighters, helped by soldiers and tanker planes, worked to extinguish the flames that have engulfed forests, especially in northwestern Spain, where the AEMET meteorological agency reported a "very high or extreme" risk of fires, especially in the Galician region.

Fires in Galicia have devastated small towns, forcing locals in many cases to intervene before firefighters arrived.

Fire units from Germany arrived in northern Spain on Tuesday to help fight the fires, Spain's Interior Ministry announced.

More than 20 vehicles were sent to fight an active fire in Jarilla, in the Extremadura region, which borders Portugal, the ministry said.

Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, visited the area of the fires on Tuesday, where he spoke about the heat of recent days that has fueled the flames.

Temperatures in the Iberian Peninsula dropped by about 4 degrees on Tuesday after a 16-day heat wave, where for several days temperatures reached over 40 degrees Celsius, according to authorities.

Fires in Spain have claimed the lives of four people this year and burned more than 382,000 hectares, according to the EU's European Forest Fire Information System.

Air quality has deteriorated in large parts of Spain over the past week as a result of wildfires, data from the EU's climate monitoring agency, Copernicus, showed.

Smoke from the fires in the Iberian Peninsula has reached France, Britain and Scandinavia, according to her.

Many of the fires were caused by human activity.

Police have detained 23 people on suspicion of arson and are investigating another 89, Spain's Civil Guard announced on Tuesday.

Europe has warmed twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to Copernicus.

Scientists say climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat and drought in some parts of Europe, making the region more vulnerable to wildfires.


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