A fast-moving wildfire in central Spain, about 100 km north of Madrid, is burning thousands of hectares in the Guadalajara province area, prompting evacuations and extensive firefighting efforts. Multiple outlets report that the fire started on Thursday in or near Guadalajara, an area that includes the Sierra Norte Natural Park, and is described by authorities as difficult and complex to manage. Reported damage ranges from roughly 12,000 to 13,000 hectares, with some figures varying by update and coverage. Local authorities say no deaths have been reported so far. Evacuations involve several hundred residents in the immediate Madrid-area threat zone, with some reporting figures around the 600 range and others citing up to about 700 people. Separately, at least one source describes a wider regional emergency involving other fires and larger numbers of people fleeing in the broader Madrid region and nearby provinces, contributing to a high-pressure firefighting and evacuation posture. Firefighters continue operations as containment efforts progress, while officials provide ongoing updates on the fire’s spread and impacts.
Wildfire north of Madrid burns about 12,000 hectares and triggers evacuations
A fast-moving wildfire in central Spain, about 100 km north of Madrid, is burning thousands of hectares in the Guadalajara province area, prompting evacuations and extensive firefighting efforts. Mult...
- A wildfire is burning in the Guadalajara province, roughly 100 km north of Madrid, and started on Thursday.
- The fire has burned about 12,000 to 13,000 hectares, depending on the latest reported figure.
- Authorities order evacuations affecting several hundred residents, with reports ranging from about 600 to about 700 people.
- No casualties are reported in the coverage provided.
- Firefighting efforts continue, with some authorities describing the blaze as difficult and complex to tackle.
Wildfires threatening areas near Madrid have stopped spreading and there are "almost no flames", Spanish authorities said Thursday as a new fire in western in Spain forced the evacuation of 600 people.
1 month agoSpanish firefighter Javier García has never faced anything like the record blaze raging near Madrid in his two decades protecting woodlands and rural communities. “This doesn’t have a precedent,” García told the Associated Press by phone before another long day ahead. The out-of-control fire has consumed 500 square kilometers — an area five times the size of Barcelona — and forced 25,000 people to flee villages in the smoldering hills of Ávila west of Madrid, the capital. The ferocity of Spain’s largest recorded wildfire is forcing firefighters to fundamentally change their tactics, prioritizing evacuations and property protection due to the danger posed by fast-moving walls of flames and blazes too powerful to attack directly. “The evolution is alarming,” García said. Before, his brigade would tackle fires in the wilderness. Now they are a last line of defense, focused on saving lives. No deaths from these fires have been reported, while 79,000 people have fled their homes from the Ávila fire, another fire nearby in the Madrid region and one in eastern Castellón. “
1 month agoThe fires in the densely populated area around the Spanish capital have burnt around 6,000 hectares.
1 month agoOfficials say the blaze, which has forced about 1,200 people to evacuate and has burned at least 30,000 hectares of land, is one of the most complex to affect the country in years.
1 month agoFirefighters battle a major wildfire in Spain's Guadalajara province as flames destroy thousands of hectares and force more than 1,200 people to flee.
1 month agoA fast-moving wildfire about 100km north of Madrid is tearing through central Spain, scorching more than 12,000 hectares and prompting the evacuation of several hundred residents, according to local authorities. The blaze ignited on Thursday in Guadalajara province, an area that includes the Sierra Norte Natural Park. So far, no casualties have been reported, but […]
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