Spain requested this Friday the activation of the European response mechanism, asking for 4 fixed-wing aerial firefighting assets, as reported by Cadena Ser and confirmed by La Vanguardia. Greece has accepted the request, offering two Canadair CL-415 planes, and a preparatory meeting for the deployment is scheduled for the morning.
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The request comes after the Government declared a national interest emergency last night in the Community of Madrid and the province of Ávila “as a consequence of the evolution of the forest fires” located in the municipalities of Villa del Prado and San Martín de Valdeiglesias (Community of Madrid) and Burgohondo (Ávila). Nearly 11,500 people have been evacuated due to the complexity of the flames.
The emergency is the second in Spain after the one decreed between April 28 and 30, 2025, due to the power outage.
As a consequence of the declaration of national emergency, the Minister of the Interior assumes the direction and coordination of the necessary actions and the management of all state, regional, and local resources that must be used.
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The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, acknowledged in a message on X that Spain is “experiencing a dramatic situation” with the various fires in Madrid, Ávila, and Guadalajara. The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has traveled to the Advanced Command Post in Cenicientos (Madrid) where he is monitoring the evolution of the fire in the Madrid Community and the province of Ávila.
The three fires still burning in the Community remain uncontained and uncontrolled.
In parallel, the Extremadura Forest Fire Fighting Plan (Infoex) will collaborate in extinguishing the fires in the Community of Madrid and the province of Ávila with two ground forest firefighter units, two amphibious planes, and a heavy machinery team composed of a lowboy truck, a bulldozer, and an auxiliary support vehicle.
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