The fire in Fermoselle (Zamora) remains uncontrolled after a night in which two new towns, Villar del Buey and Pasariegos, had to be evacuated, and nearly fifty resources worked on protecting homes and urban centers, perimeter control, and direct firefighting. In total, 14 towns have been evacuated due to this fire, and Fermoselle and Fariza are confined. The firefighting operation is especially concerned about the wind expected to intensify during Thursday afternoon. Additionally, on Thursday, containment efforts continue for the already stabilized fires in Ávila, Madrid, and Toledo to prevent reignition, without neglecting other active fires such as those in Castellón or Tarragona, during critical hours for a country exposed to the effects of the new heat wave. The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, visits areas affected by the Ávila fire, the largest recorded in Spain with about 50,000 hectares burned.
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León faces another difficult day with several active fires
The province of León is affected by three level 2 fires, one in Veguellina de Órbigo, another in San Cipriano del Condado, and another in Valdelaloba, complicating firefighting efforts of an incomplete operation, with many of its members deployed these days to the Ávila fire. Firefighter sources report that there have been spots where they could not send resources and that complex days are expected to extinguish these fires.
14 towns evacuated due to the Fermoselle (Zamora) fire
The Fermoselle (Zamora) fire has forced the confinement of the towns of Fermoselle and Fariza, while a total of 14 municipalities have been evacuated, affecting more than 800 people, according to Civil Guard data. The evacuated towns are Pinilla, Cibanal, Fornillos, Formariz, Zafara, Mámoles, Palazuelo, Cozcurrita, Badilla, Tudera, Argañín, Muga de Sayago, Pasariegos, and Villar del Buey.
The evacuated people have been moved to the Bermillo Sports Center, the Fermoselle Pavilion, the NEUROCARE center in Zamora, and the 3 Árboles Residence in Zamora. Additionally, the roads CL-527, ZA-P-2221, ZA-P-2222, and ZA-P-2226 remain closed to traffic.
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The flames have turned Aldea del Fresno into a ghost town for six days. Its more than 3,500 residents were evacuated last Saturday due to the rapid advance of the fires in the western Madrid mountain range, and since then the town remains in an eerie silence, with a layer of ash covering terraces, gas stations, and vehicles abandoned in haste. Although there is no damage in the urban perimeter, the local police patrol the deserted streets and warn: “If anyone is left, they are thieves.” On Tuesday at five in the afternoon, it was announced that residents could return to their homes, but the town is still deserted. The persistent smell of smoke reveals that the nightmare is not over.
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Castilla y León will approve aid this Thursday for evacuees, the agricultural sector, self-employed, and those affected in Ávila
The Junta of Castilla y León is preparing a series of aids and actions to be announced at the Government Council this Thursday, aimed at families evacuated after the Ávila fire and for farmers, ranchers, self-employed, and other affected people. These include direct aid to ranchers, farmers, and beekeepers for losses in agricultural and livestock production, livestock death, or loss of hives with objective scales.
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Aid is also planned to compensate for the reconstruction of livestock and agricultural facilities, fences, and enclosures, as announced last Monday by the President of the Junta, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Environment, and Environmental Policy, Joaquín Antonio Pino, who highlighted that it is a “comprehensive” aid package.
Additionally, once the pasture is regenerated, its immediate use will be allowed, maintaining the eligibility of these areas for PAC aid for 2027 and subsequent years. The President of the Junta, in a message on the ‘X’ network, reiterated that people are the priority of his government. “We are by their side. Now, during the emergency, and also in the future, in the recovery,” he pointed out. (EP)
More than 40 ground resources continue working on hot spot containment of the Madrid fire
The forest fire in the Sierra Oeste of Madrid maintains hot spots where more than 40 ground resources worked overnight, along with drone teams assisting in the task. Extinguishing efforts have focused on areas of the Cofio River, San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Pelayos de la Presa, the Encinar del Alberche in Villa del Prado, and on the right flank, in Chapinería, Colmenar del Arroyo, and Fresnedillas de la Oliva, according to the Madrid Community Emergency Service 112 in an update shared on X this Thursday. It also indicated that high temperatures will again mark the day’s firefighting efforts.
The Zamora fire is uncontrolled and forces evacuation of two more towns
The fire in Fermoselle (Zamora) remains uncontrolled after a night in which two new towns, Villar del Buey and Pasariegos, had to be evacuated, and nearly fifty resources worked on protecting homes and urban centers, perimeter control, and direct firefighting. In Villar del Buey, among the five hundred residents are the 25 elderly from the local residence, who have been moved to the Los Tres Árboles residence in the city of Zamora, sources from the operation reported.
Throughout the night, and awaiting the progressive incorporation of aerial resources this morning, about fifty resources worked, including six technicians, thirteen environmental agents, thirteen crews, five fire trucks, three machinery crews, and eight firefighter teams from the Zamora and Salamanca provincial councils. The firefighting operation is especially concerned about the wind expected to intensify during Thursday afternoon. (Efe)
Good morning. Emergency operations are working this Thursday on containing the already stabilized fires in Ávila, Madrid, and Toledo to prevent reignition, without neglecting other active fires such as those in Castellón, Zamora, or Tarragona, during critical hours for a country exposed to the effects of the new heat wave. The fires in Ávila and Madrid are “technically stabilized,” Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska assured this Wednesday; but the Castellón fire remains uncontrolled, facing a “critical night,” and a new fire has been declared in Zamora that has forced the evacuation of twelve municipalities.
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