Overview
- A cluster of seven fires across Andalusia over the May 22–24 weekend prompted Plan Infoca to activate the pre‑emergency (situación operativa 0) and stretch suppression resources across multiple provinces.
- Infoca mobilized a large force of personnel and aircraft for the weekend response, citing roughly 4,700 professionals on the roster and about 20 aircraft actively deployed to fight the blazes.
- By May 24 Infoca reported it had extinguished four of the seven fires — including Almería, Almonte (Huelva), Minas de Riotinto (Huelva) and Pizarra (Málaga) — while three remained in follow‑up or active states.
- The main active incident is in Alhama de Granada, where about 16 Infoca medios (aircraft and ground units) were assigned to control and liquidate the flames, and smaller fires in Adamuz and Almadén de la Plata moved into liquidation work.
- Regional officials said the response was complicated by a reduction in state-provided aircraft compared with previous years, a gap the Junta says it has been filling with rented or regional air assets, raising questions about readiness as the high-risk season begins June 1.