JAKARTA - Large forest fires in Spain have begun to be controlled at almost all points. However, the impact is still heavy. More than 121,000 people have been evacuated or asked to stay indoors, while the fire has burned more than 45,000 hectares in Madrid and Avila.
Anadolu Agency, quoted on Sunday, July 26, reported that Spanish authorities on Sunday said that almost all of the fire points in the Madrid Community and the Avila Province had been controlled. The information quoted the report of the newspaper El Pais.
The Spanish Military Emergency Unit said progress the previous night allowed the entire front line of the fire to be contained. Even so, several active fire points remained and became the focus of the day's firefighting.
Fires in Madrid and Avila have burned more than 45,000 hectares or about 111,200 acres. The impact has made more than 121,000 residents have to evacuate or stay inside their homes.
The President of the Regional Government of Castile and Leon, Alfonso Fernandez Manueco, said the fire in Avila was caused by negligence. The Avila region is under the regional government.
Manueco stated that the regional government would join the legal process against the party who caused the fire.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the cabinet would approve a royal decree on Tuesday. The emergency rule will designate the fire-affected areas as areas affected by a severe state of civil protection emergency.
When visiting Avila, Sanchez warned that the situation was not completely safe.
"Challenging hours" will still be faced, said Sanchez. He asked the public to be very careful.
In Castellon, another fire is still moving out of control in the Sierra de Espadan Nature Park. The fire in the area forced the evacuation of 16,000 people.
Victims were also reported in Valencia. A man died on Saturday in a fire that occurred in the Salt de l'Aigua ravine, Manises City.
The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition said that the area affected by forest fires in 2026 had reached 152,678 hectares or about 377,260 acres as of Sunday. There were a total of 32 major forest fires recorded.
Anadolu noted that in the same period in 2025, forest fires affected 24,133 hectares or about 59,640 acres, with seven major fires.
This year, the figure has reached 152,678 hectares and 32 major fires.
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