Thus, over 373,000 hectares of land have burned by Tuesday morning, according to Effis, an institution within the EU that monitors the fire situation in Europe using satellite images.
This makes this year's fire season the worst Spain has experienced since the measurements began in 2006. It thus surpasses 2022, when 306,000 hectares burned.
The worst affected are parts of the regions of Castile and León and Galicia in northwestern Spain and the western region of Extremadura. Only in Castile and León are there fires in 29 places on Tuesday, reports El Mundo.
Thousands of inhabitants from dozens of villages have been evacuated, several major roads have been closed and trains between Madrid and Galicia have been cancelled.
The authorities continue to warn of the fires, but as the 16-day heat wave now begins to subside, the conditions are improving for the rescue services. The temperatures have dropped by 10 to 12 degrees from the peak and the humidity has increased.
