Overview
- The Cafayate forest fire has burned about 200 hectares and remains under active suppression with two water-dropping planes, reinforced ground brigades and an 18-month municipal environmental emergency in place while a judicial probe examines possible human involvement.
- An agricultural blaze outside Inca was extinguished and the Guardia Civil identified a 10-year-old who accidentally started the fire by playing with a lighter and an aerosol, according to investigators.
- Firefighters in San Martín de Porres controlled a house blaze that left three women dead and investigators are probing an electrical-explosion hypothesis as criminalistics teams process the scene.
- A cross-border wildfire that began in Portugal reached A Mezquita in Galicia and burned an estimated 45 hectares, and regional services deployed dozens of brigades, helicopters and airtankers to fight that and other active fires across Spain during the heatwave and strong winds.
- Local authorities warn of lasting environmental and social harm as protected algarrobo trees were lost in Cafayate, affected municipalities seek emergency funds for restoration, and separate probes — including an extortion allegation after a Puente Piedra fire — could produce criminal or civil actions.