Overview
- The Los Gallardos wildfire in Almería was declared stabilised on Sunday after burning about 7,000 hectares and a 40 km perimeter, with authorities confirming 13 dead and search teams finishing large grid sweeps without finding additional victims.
- Spanish investigators from the Guardia Civil (SEPRONA) have opened a judicial probe into the fire and are treating the fall of an old electric pole and cable near Almocáizar as a leading hypothesis, with parts of the cable removed for analysis while utilities dispute ownership and tension claims.
- In Viña del Mar on Sunday a privately driven vehicle entered the Caupolicán fair, killing six people and injuring seven; Carabineros detained a 37-year-old off-duty navy cabo, early breath tests registered 0.0 alcohol and technical and criminal peritajes continue.
- Emergency teams across Peru reported complex rescues and local incidents over the same weekend, including a 35-minute extrication of a couple on Lima’s Vía Expresa who were taken to Hospital Casimiro Ulloa and a four-story apartment fire in Surquillo where crews warned that road works impeded access.
- Authorities are now prioritising DNA identification of badly burned bodies, consular coordination for possible foreign nationals, medical care for the injured, and forensic vehicle and toxicology tests that will determine whether mechanical failure, speed, medical events or other causes explain the Chile and regional crashes.