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Spain Pulls the Wildfire ‘Pre-Emergency’ Lever
Spanish authorities declared a pre-emergency phase to coordinate resources amid extreme heat and winds, with over 3,400 people evacuated and thousands of hectares burned, officials said.
- On Tuesday, 12 August 2025, the Ministry of the Interior of Spain announced activation of a pre-emergency phase due to active fires nationwide.
- The measure seeks to coordinate state resources, with Virginia Barcones activating the pre-emergency phase early Tuesday, enabling CENEM to reinforce protocols with regional centres.
- The Molezuelas de la Carballeda fire has burned 3,500 hectares, and the Yeres fire has affected the Las Médulas World Heritage site, forcing or confining 800 people.
- In Tarifa, the fire forced 2,000 people to evacuate homes, hotels, and beaches, according to the Ministry of the Interior of Spain.
- While southern Europe, Galicia is the second biggest epicentre with 12 active sites, eight in Orense where over 3,000 hectares are burning, exceeding the total for all of 2024 in Orense.
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Spain pulls the wildfire ‘pre-emergency’ lever
Spain has moved to a national ‘pre-emergency’ footing as summer wildfires flare in several regions, a precaution that tightens coordination without muscling regional authorities out of the driving seat. The trigger was a deadly run of blazes – including one at Tres Cantos (Madrid) where a resident died – and rising risk across Castilla y León and Cádiz as heat, wind and bone-dry scrub line up in… Source
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Signs of the TimesSpain's government activates pre-emergency phase amid multiple wildfires around the country
The affected regions, where the wildfires have resulted in thousands of hectares burned, urgent evacuation of civilians and one death in Tres Cantos, are Andalucía, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia and Madrid
In the face of the numerous forest fires active in different autonomous communities whose response requires the mobilization of different resources of the General Administration of the State, at 2:00 p.m. today, the Pre-emergency Phase in Operational Situation 1 of the General State Emergency Plan (PLEGEM) has been declared. PLEGEM is the framework planning instrument with which the National Civil Protection System has been established and which…
The Ministry of the Interior declared Tuesday the Pre-emergency Phase in the face of the multiple fires that remain active in various parts of the Spanish geography. According to...
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