Llanteno and the Aiara valley destination risk · checked against official sources 16 August 2026 at 09:47 UK time
Llanteno and the Aiara valley Wildfire Risk: Should I Travel?
The fire declared at Llanteno on Monday 10 August was under control by Tuesday morning and flared again on Thursday afternoon. Farmhouses have been cleared, and there are reports that the A-3634 into Llanteno is cut.
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What is still disrupted in Llanteno and the Aiara valley
Checked against Álava foral fire service and Diputación Foral de Álava operations, reported by Naiz and Radio Llodio on 2026-08-14. Conditions change daily during and after a fire, and the source below is the authority.
- Check locally: 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. (as of 2026-08-14)
- Still closed: 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. (as of 2026-08-14)
- Still closed: 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. (as of 2026-08-14)
- Still closed: 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. (as of 2026-08-14)
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Who is out of their home
Several farmhouses were evacuated when the fire flared on Thursday 13 August. Radio Llodio reports they were Basualdo, La Cabaña, Ureta and Abiaga, and that people went to Artziniega or Llodio.The roads
Radio Llodio reports that road access to Llanteno by the A-3634 was closed. No reopening has been reported.Artziniega
The town has not been evacuated. Its municipal swimming pool was cleared on the Monday so helicopters could load water there.What to look for next
Controlado, and after it extinguido, from the Álava foral fire service and the Diputación. The fire was called controlled once already, on Tuesday 11 August, and that did not hold.Nearby alternatives to compare
- Llodio,East of the valley, taking in people who left the farmhouses rather than being threatened itself.
- Artziniega,Not evacuated, and the obvious base if you were headed for the valley, though the fire is only a few kilometres away and the pool has been in use for water drops.
- Vitoria-Gasteiz,Well south of this, with nothing reported closed, and the sensible fallback if the valley roads are shut.
Active fire in Llanteno and the Aiara valley
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