Travel disruption recorded in Spain
Roads, rail, accommodation, evacuations and access closures, by area, in the words of the authority that announced them.
This page is assembled from the Spain area records on this site. It is not a live check: every line carries the date it was recorded, and the official source for each area is listed at the foot of the page. Those sources are the authority. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.
Evacuations and returns home
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Farmhouses at Llanteno evacuated.
Several farmhouses were cleared when the fire flared on Thursday 13 August. Radio Llodio reports they were Basualdo, La Cabaña, Ureta and Abiaga, and that the people who left went to Artziniega or Llodio.
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No evacuation was ordered at Monasterio de Rodilla.
El Correo de Burgos reported that it was not necessary to move residents out of their homes at any point.
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Villalangua, Salinas de Jaca, Ena, Centenero and Arbués evacuated.
About 120 people left on Monday 10 August, most to the Monte Oroel sports hall in Jaca and seven to the Ayerbe sports hall. Arbués was added overnight, taking the reported total on Tuesday morning to between 156 and 170. Bailo and Alastuey are on standby.
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No evacuation was ordered and nobody was hurt.
Naiz reported no risk to the population and no injuries, and that the fire did not affect people or homes. The flames stayed about three and a half kilometres from Larrea, the nearest village.
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La Florida, Las Arenas, El Manzanito, Raboconejo and Caballón evacuated.
Raboconejo and Caballón were emptied preventively on the evening of 6 August, mostly second homes. About 40 people left twenty homes at La Florida, with five homes at Las Arenas and further homes at El Manzanito. Around 66 people were out on 8 August, five of them housed in a hostel at Valverde del Camino.
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No evacuation ordered.
Neither source reported any home evacuated or any road closed at Viana de Cega.
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Seven urbanisations not yet cleared for return.
Residents of seven urbanisations at Pelayos de la Presa and San Martin de Valdeiglesias have still not been cleared to return. The Comunidad de Madrid page carried no new update after the morning of 3 August.
Roads
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A-3634 access to Llanteno closed.
Reports of road access to Llanteno by the A-3634 being closed while the fire runs. Carried by Radio Llodio and not confirmed by a second outlet this run.
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A-132 closed between Santa María de la Peña and Puente la Reina de Jaca.
Closed from kilometre 40 to kilometre 70 on Monday 10 August. On Tuesday morning the fire had reached the road in places between Villalangua and Puente la Reina.
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A-1603 cut from Bernués and from Santa Cruz de la Serós.
Reported by COPE on Tuesday 11 August and not confirmed by a second outlet this run.
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HU-6108 between Paterna del Campo and Tujena.
Listed as closed on the evening of 11 August, one of twelve closures across Huelva and Sevilla provinces. The others named that evening were the A-493, HU-3106, HU-5104, HU-4103, HU-6104 and the HU-6106 between Nerva and El Madroño in Huelva, and the SE-6400, SE-6402, SE-5400 and SE-538 in Sevilla province.
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CV-128 between Catí and Tírig closed for the operation.
Reported closed on Monday 10 August so that crews could keep working the perimeter, with returning residents routed another way. Reported by El Español and not confirmed elsewhere this run.
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No road closure reported.
No road closure was reported during this fire. The crews reached it from the Agurain, Kanpezu and Langraitz fire parks and worked the ridge from the air.
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HU-3106 between Niebla and Valverde del Camino.
Closed from La Florida to Niebla from the first evening of the fire and reported closed again on 8 August. The fire started near kilometre 13 of this road.
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A-493.
Reported closed on 8 August alongside the HU-3106.
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M-957 cut from km 0 to 5.750.
The Comunidad de Madrid says 175 km of road have reopened and that the M-957 is the only one still cut. The DGT live incident list still showed it closed in both directions for the fire on the morning of 4 August. The M-507, M-512 and M-539 are no longer listed as closed by either source.
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CC-167 at Casas de Millan cut from km 0 to 2.8.
Still listed as closed in both directions for the fire on the DGT live list on the morning of 4 August, and closed since the early hours of 2 August. The Junta said on 2 August that the roads it had closed were open again, so treat this one local road as the exception and check DGT before it.
Access closures: forests, beaches, trails and water
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Artziniega municipal swimming pool cleared for water loading.
Emptied on Monday 10 August so helicopters could draw water from it, and still in use for that when the fire flared again on Thursday. The town itself has not been evacuated.
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San Juan de la Peña monastic complex closed until further notice.
Reported by COPE on Tuesday 11 August as a precaution while the fire runs. Not confirmed by a second outlet this run.
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San Juan reservoir bathing and boats banned.
Swimming and navigation are banned at the San Juan reservoir and Playa del Alberche. The Guardia Civil is holding the accesses shut and six bus lines are skipping stops in the area.
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Arribes del Duero natural park above Fermoselle.
A large area of the park has burnt and crews remain deployed on the perimeter. The fire reactivated on the afternoon of 1 August near Mamoles, where the vertical gorge walls block ground access, and again on 2 August in rough ground near the Portuguese border. Treat trails and viewpoints as unreliable until confirmed locally.
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Countryside and forest tracks in the burnt municipalities.
The regional forestry authority asked people to avoid driving or walking the roads and tracks of the affected municipalities and to avoid recreational activity there until the fire is declared extinguished, citing the risk of falling trees.
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Burnt woodland in the parish of Merille.
The fire burned standing woodland rather than open scrub. Treat the slopes there as unstable ground.
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Burnt hillside around the parish of Ínsua.
The fire ran mostly through wooded slopes. Treat tracks across the burn as unstable ground rather than as a fire risk.
Parks and reserves
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Serra d'Espadà natural park.
Around 40 per cent of the burnt area lies inside the park, amounting to roughly 12 per cent of its protected surface. Artana is the worst affected municipality.
Smoke and air
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Emergencias 112 warned of smoke over Lucena del Puerto, Rociana del Condado and Almonte.
The agency asked residents to keep doors and windows closed and to take particular care of children, older people and anyone with a respiratory condition. No evacuation or road closure accompanied it.
What the authorities have said
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Álava prevention measures against open fires and spark-generating machinery.
The Diputación Foral de Álava brought in extraordinary prevention measures on Wednesday 12 August after Euskalmet forecast very high fire risk for the territory. Lighting fires in the open air and using machinery that can generate sparks are banned while they are in force. This applies across Álava and is not a restriction arising from the Elgea fire.
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Heat alert across Castilla y León.
Emergencias 112 Castilla y León has an alert in force in every province for maximum temperatures to 39 degrees, with fire risk described as very high reaching extreme. Seasonal prevention rather than anything to do with these two fires.
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Heat alert across Castilla y León.
Protección Civil de la Junta de Castilla y León has declared an alert for adverse weather, maximum temperatures, covering every province, with temperatures forecast to 39 degrees and high fire risk noted. It is a seasonal warning rather than anything to do with this fire.
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Summer fire risk stays high.
The Infoex director general said on 3 August that the vegetation is dry enough to keep the risk across Extremadura high. AEMET had no weather warning in force for Caceres or Badajoz in its bulletin of 4 August, so the heatwave warnings of late July have ended.
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Galicia's high fire risk period runs to 30 September.
Medio Rural set the period at 1 July to 30 September this year, with extinction resources and alert systems held at maximum throughout. Report smoke on 085 or through the Alume app.
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Galicia's high fire risk period runs to 30 September.
Medio Rural set the period at 1 July to 30 September this year, with extinction resources and alert systems at maximum throughout. Report smoke on 085 or through the Alume app.
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Extreme wildfire risk across the Spanish interior.
AEMET warned of extreme fire danger across much of interior Spain during the heatwave that began on 29 July, and has extended its warnings past the original 2 August end date.
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Latest incident in Lugo province: Palas de Rei, controlled on 3 August.
The fire in the parish of Cuíña at Palas de Rei started at 17:58 on 2 August and was declared controlled at 14:58 on 3 August. It stayed away from homes.
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Rain returned to Galicia on 3 August.
AEMET forecast precipitation spreading across Galicia from 3 August with maximum temperatures falling across the peninsula, and forecasters expected the unsettled pattern to hold through the week.
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Level 3 pre-emergency restrictions.
When the Generalitat declares level 3 pre-emergency, vehicles, bikes and pedestrians are banned from forest tracks in Serra d'Espadà and other parks, authorised sporting events on forest land are suspended, and campsites and hostels on forest land may not run activities outside their own grounds. This has been declared repeatedly through summer 2026; check whether it is active on your travel date.
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Fire at Merille declared extinguished on 31 July.
Declared at 13:35 on 29 July, stabilised at 03:12 on 30 July, controlled at 13:36 on 30 July and extinguished at 19:49 on 31 July. No evacuation or road closure was reported at any stage.
The fires themselves
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Llanteno fire reactivated on monte Idubaltza.
Declared on Monday 10 August, reported under control on Tuesday 11 August, and restarted at 2.10pm on Thursday 13 August. Helicopters stopped at nightfall and ground crews stayed on it. Nobody has called it controlled again since it flared.
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Monasterio de Rodilla fire controlled.
Alerted at seven minutes past one on Wednesday 12 August on ground beside the N-I opposite the Picón del Conde campsite access, and logged controlled the same evening by the Junta. Thirteen ground and aerial resources were committed. The cause has not been established and nobody has used the word for out.
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Navas de San Antonio fire lowered to gravity level 1.
The Junta de Castilla y León had it at gravity level 2 from Saturday 8 August. CECOPI lowered it to level 1 on the morning of Tuesday 11 August once every population protection measure had been lifted.
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Las Peñas de Riglos fire still active.
Started at 12.37 on Monday 10 August. Operational situation 2, level 1 of PROCINFO. The left flank spread overnight while the right flank barely moved, and a southerly wind change was forecast for Tuesday morning that could push the head on. No authority has called it stabilised, controlled or out.
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Revenga fire held at gravity level 1.
Declared at 16.54 on Sunday 9 August in the municipality of Navas de Riofrío. Crews were working hot spots and closing the perimeter on Monday 10 August. The cause is under investigation.
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Tírig fire declared estabilizado.
Declared at four on the afternoon of Monday 10 August, three days after the fire started on the evening of Friday 7 August. The regional forest fire plan went from situation 2 to situation 1 and the Unidad Militar de Emergencias began withdrawing to Bétera.
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Elgea ridge fire perimetered and controlled.
Perimetered and controlled, the stage before out. Declared at about four in the morning on Sunday 9 August above Larrea, attributed to lightning, and worked for more than thirteen hours by three Álava fire parks, a forest brigade, a helicopter, two Ministry aircraft from Agoncillo and heavy machinery. Nobody has used the word for out.
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Plan INFOCA reports the Niebla fire still active at operational situation 2.
Declared at 19:33 on 6 August in the Raboconejo area of Niebla and raised to operational situation 2 on 7 August, which brought in the army's emergency unit. On the morning of 8 August INFOCA reported the head of the fire beyond the capacity of ground crews, who were withdrawn from that sector, and a fresh coordination meeting at the forward command post.
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Fire in the pine wood on the Valdestillas road reported controlled.
Started at about six in the morning on 7 August near the Coto de Cardiel development and reported controlled by about nine, with two Diputación de Valladolid crews and one from the Junta de Castilla y León. The flames did not reach the crowns. A firebreak was cut and an environmental patrol stayed on site.
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INFOAR lists the Peña Montañesa fire above La Cabezonada as active.
Reported at four in the afternoon on 4 August in the municipality of La Fueva, cause given as lightning, and still active on the morning of 5 August.
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Plan INFOCA declared a fire in the Santa Catalina area of Lucena del Puerto.
Declared on the afternoon of 5 August, with seventy five people on the ground and seven aircraft by the evening. INFOCA reported no stabilisation that day.
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Burgohondo fire, severity level 2.
Active at level 2, the top of the Castilla y León scale, in every daily report since it started at 13:02 on 22 July, including the report published at 19:00 on 4 August. Burnt area still recorded as being surveyed, cause still under investigation.
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Burgohondo fire still active at level 2 in Avila.
The Junta de Castilla y Leon daily fire report of 3 August at 19:00 still lists the Burgohondo fire, which started on 22 July, as active at severity level 2. That is the fire that ran into the Sierra Oeste.
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La Vall d'Uixó / Nules fire, Castellón.
Declared stabilised on 31 July after burning through the Vall d'Uixó, Artana, Eslida, Tales and Nules area. It was still listed as stabilised rather than extinguished on 3 August, with crews holding it under intensive surveillance.
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Veguellina fire, Villafranca del Bierzo.
Started on the afternoon of 29 July when a utility pole came down and its cable ignited the ground, and was raised to the second severity level the same day. The perimeter was secured by 2 August and the Junta dropped it to level zero on the morning of 3 August. The regional active-fire list showed no fire burning in the Bierzo municipalities on 3 August.
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San Cipriano del Condado fire, Vegas del Condado.
Declared at 14:38 on 29 July and raised to the second severity level within about an hour. It ran between San Cipriano and Represa del Condado into Castro del Condado. The Junta logged it stabilised on 30 July, level 0 on 31 July and controlled at 21:28 on 2 August. The bulletin of 3 August at 19:00 still has it controlled rather than extinguished.
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Plan INFOCA declared the Finca Purchena fire extinguished.
Declared at twenty past one on 1 August, stabilised at half past three and extinguished at twenty to seven the same evening.
Reopened or lifted: 18 recorded items
Evacuations and returns home
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Catí evacuation lifted.
Lifted at about one o'clock on Monday 10 August. The emergencies minister Juan Carlos Valderrama said residents could return without any type of restriction. No confinement or evacuation is in force in the group of four fires.
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Villages cleared in Vega de Espinareda and Toreno.
Around 300 people left Prado de la Somoza, Moreda, San Pedro de Olleros, San Martin de Moreda and Valle de Finolledo for the pavilion at Cacabelos, and Valdelaloba and Pradilla for the Toreno sports hall. Power was lost in 14 localities. Everyone was back home by 1 August.
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Evacuated villages in Sayago.
Residents of the evacuated villages returned home and the reception centres were stood down on 1 August.
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All evacuated and confined municipalities.
The final 2,800 residents of Artana and Eslida returned home on 31 July, the day the fire was declared stabilised. No municipality remains evacuated or confined.
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312 residents evacuated from the Condado villages.
Santa Maria del Condado, Castro del Condado, Barrillos de Curueno and the Montesol development were cleared on 29 July. Everyone was home again on 30 July.
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About 500 people confined indoors.
Confinement applied at Masllorenç, Masarbones and the Font d'en Talló and Pineda de Santa Cristina developments, and lifted once the fire was stabilised the same evening.
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Twelve Ávila localities cleared to return home on 29 July.
La Adrada, Gavilanes, Casavieja, Casillas, El Hoyo de Pinares, Piedralaves, Mijares, Navahondilla, Santa María del Tiétar, Sotillo de la Adrada, Villanueva de Ávila and the Urbanización La Atalaya at El Tiemblo. Confinement was lifted at El Tiemblo and Cebreros the same day.
Roads
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The N-I and the old AP-1 stayed open.
El Correo de Burgos reported that the fire never forced traffic to be stopped on either road and that both remained open. Nothing has been reported closed since.
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SG-722 reopened at Valdeprados.
Closed while the Navas de San Antonio fire was at gravity level 2, reopened by CECOPI on Tuesday 11 August.
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N-621 near Vegas del Condado.
Closed on 29 July while the fire was running, and open again. The DGT live incident list on the morning of 4 August carried no fire closure anywhere on the N-621. The only entries on that road are a rockfall narrowing at Cremenes dating from February and roadworks between km 107 and km 117 at Boca de Huergano. No dated reopening notice was published, so this rests on the DGT live list rather than on a statement.
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A-66 through Caceres province is running.
The DGT live list on the morning of 4 August showed no fire closure anywhere on the A-66 in Caceres province, only routine roadworks well away from the fire ground.
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Every road in Ávila province reopened at 15:00 on 29 July.
Thirteen provincial and national roads were cut at the peak, including the N-403 and the AV-P-703 between Sotillo de la Adrada and Casillas. All circulation restrictions in the province were removed from 15:00 on 29 July. The national fire closure dashboard generated at 00:40 on 5 August lists no Ávila road.
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A-6 towards A Coruna at Vega de Valcarce.
The San Tirso fire, which started on the afternoon of 30 July, forced the A-6 to be cut towards A Coruna, with lorries diverted at kilometre 400 onto the N-120 and cars at kilometre 419 onto the N-6. The motorway reopened first on a bypass and then fully once the fire dropped to the lowest level.
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Roads around Fermoselle and the Sayago villages.
All roads closed during the fire were reopened on 1 August. Local cuts had included the Fermoselle to Trabanca road and the accesses to Pinilla and Mámoles.
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TV-2041, TV-2042 and part of the C-51Z closed.
The TV-2041 and TV-2042 were closed completely and the C-51Z between kilometres 17 and 20 on 29 July. Closures applied while the fire was active and were lifted after it stabilised.
Campsites, hotels and holiday accommodation
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Picón del Conde campsite not reported closed.
The fire burned on ground opposite the campsite access. No closure of it has been reported by anybody.
What the authorities have said
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Village confinements lifted.
Lifted at 20:45 on 2 August. The Monfragüe to Caceres rail service was restored and the Junta stood down its level-one Infoex and Infocaex alert on 3 August with the fire stabilised.
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No evacuation or closure was in force at any point.
INFOCA reported no evacuation and no road closure during the fire, and stood the aerial crews down early. The operation was closed once the perimeter was secure.
Where these records come from
One official source per area, as recorded with the items above.
- Madrid: Comunidad de Madrid, Sierra Oeste fire information page
- Valencia: Generalitat Valenciana emergencies, via national press
- El Bierzo (León): Junta de Castilla y León, via Info Bierzo
- León (east): Junta de Castilla y León, daily forest fire report
- Arribes del Duero (Zamora & Salamanca): Zamora 24 Horas / Junta de Castilla y León
- Extremadura (Cáceres and northern Badajoz): DGT live incident list, with the Junta de Extremadura for the emergency level
- Masllorenç, inland Costa Daurada: COPE Catalunya
- Taboada (Lugo): Consellería do Medio Rural, via Galicia Press and Europa Press
- Ourol (Lugo): Consellería do Medio Rural, via Galicia Press
- Ávila: Burgohondo, the Tiétar valley and the Valle de Iruelas: Junta de Castilla y León, daily forest fire report of 4 August 2026 at 19:00
- La Fueva and the Sobrarbe valleys: Sobrarbe Digital, citing INFOAR
- Lucena del Puerto and El Condado: Emergencias 112 Andalucía, reported by TuPeriódico
- Villalba del Alcor: Diario de Huelva, citing Plan INFOCA
- Niebla and Villarrasa: Plan INFOCA and Junta de Andalucía updates, reported by COPE and Infobae
- Viana de Cega: Pueblos y Comarcas and Laguna al Día, reporting the Diputación de Valladolid and Junta de Castilla y León crews
- Revenga and Navas de San Antonio: CECOPI Segovia, chaired by the territorial delegate Raquel Alonso, reported by EFE
- Tírig and Catí: Generalitat Valenciana CECOPI, with the emergencies minister Juan Carlos Valderrama and the government delegate Pilar Bernabé
- Las Peñas de Riglos: Gobierno de Aragón, with the vice-president Mar Vaquero and the government delegate Fernando Beltrán
- Pata del Caballo, Escacena and Paterna del Campo: Junta de Andalucía and Plan INFOCA updates, reported by Infobae, Canal Sur and Diario Avanza
- Sierra de Elgea: Ramiro González, diputado general de Araba, and the Diputación Foral de Álava, reported by Naiz and GasteizBerri, read 16 August 2026
- Llanteno and the Aiara valley: Álava foral fire service and Diputación Foral de Álava operations, reported by Naiz and Radio Llodio
- Monasterio de Rodilla: Junta de Castilla y León, Inforcyl fire portal, reported by Burgos Noticias and El Correo de Burgos, read 16 August 2026