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Fire and disruption reporting last verified against official sources on 5 August 2026. Satellite and forecast figures refreshed 6 August 2026 at 13:00 UK time. Conditions change hourly during fires. National authorities are always right. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.

La Fueva and the Sobrarbe valleys destination risk · checked against official sources 6 August 2026 at 05:03 UK time

La Fueva and the Sobrarbe valleys Wildfire Risk: Should I Travel?

Dry storms left a run of lightning fires burning in the Sobrarbe valleys. Nobody has been evacuated and no road has been reported closed.

Short answer: Electrical storms at the start of the week left ignitions scattered across the high ground of this corner of the Huesca Pyrenees. INFOAR, the Aragón government's fire operation, still had the fire above La Cabezonada, in the municipality of La Fueva, listed as active on the morning of 5 August, along with a smaller one at Ligüerre de Ara in Fiscal. The fire taking most of the effort is at Viu, reported in the municipality of Foradada del Toscar, where the slope is steep enough to keep crews off the edge. INFOAR said on 5 August that seven fires were active across Aragón, that none of them had grown large and that the picture was improving in general terms. No evacuation has been ordered and no road closure has been reported. For a visitor the practical effect is helicopters working out of the valley and forest tracks in use by fire crews rather than by walkers.

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What is still disrupted in La Fueva and the Sobrarbe valleys

Checked against Sobrarbe Digital, citing INFOAR on 2026-08-05. Conditions change daily during and after a fire, and the source below is the authority.

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Which fires are still going

INFOAR publishes the day's list. On 5 August it ran to Viu, Peña Montañesa above La Cabezonada and Ligüerre de Ara in Fiscal, none of them large.

The alert level for your zone

Aragón rates fire danger zone by zone each day. On 5 August the red level covered Jiloca-Gallocanta, Maestrazgo, Somontano Occidental and Turia, not the Sobrarbe valleys.

Whether vehicles are barred from wooded land

Decree 22/2026 lets Aragón ban motor vehicles from the montes when the alert reaches red plus. The national park carries that restriction on its own notices page, so read it there before driving up a forest road.

Forest tracks near the fires

Crews are working from the tracks around Viu and La Cabezonada. No access ban has been announced for Sobrarbe, but a track with an engine on it is not a walking route.

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Active fire in La Fueva and the Sobrarbe valleys

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