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Pata del Caballo, Escacena and Paterna del Campo destination risk · checked against official sources 12 August 2026 at 05:03 UK time

Pata del Caballo, Escacena and Paterna del Campo Wildfire Risk: Should I Travel?

The east flank of the Niebla fire is working through the Pata del Caballo, the wooded sierra above Escacena del Campo and Paterna del Campo. The HU-6108 between Paterna del Campo and Tujena is shut.

Short answer: This is the eastern end of the fire declared at Niebla on 6 August, not a separate incident. The Junta de Andalucía kept it in the emergency phase of the Plan INFOCA at operational situation 2 on Tuesday 11 August, which is the level declared when ordinary resources are not enough or when people are at risk. Canal Sur reported that day that the fronts still open were threatening the Pata del Caballo, and that ground work there is slowed by the shape of the hills. Antonio Sanz, the regional vice-president, said the fire remained very complex and dangerous, while the Junta also reported that a shift in the wind that morning had given crews their first real advantage since Thursday. More than 600 people are on it, including 250 soldiers from the army's emergency unit. Nobody has been asked to leave Escacena del Campo or Paterna del Campo. What is shut is the road: the HU-6108 between Paterna del Campo and Tujena was among twelve closures listed across Huelva and Sevilla provinces on the evening of 11 August. Do not drive into this sierra, and do not treat an open road at breakfast as an open road at lunchtime.

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What is still disrupted in Pata del Caballo, Escacena and Paterna del Campo

Checked against Junta de Andalucía and Plan INFOCA updates, reported by Infobae, Canal Sur and Diario Avanza on 2026-08-11. Conditions change daily during and after a fire, and the source below is the authority.

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The road that is shut here

The HU-6108 between Paterna del Campo and Tujena. It was one of twelve closures across the two provinces on the evening of 11 August, so the diversion you plan on a map may itself be shut.

Nobody in these two villages has been evacuated

Escacena del Campo and Paterna del Campo are asking people to keep out of the sierra, which is not the same thing as leaving home. The evacuations on this fire are further west and north.

The word from the Junta

Activo, at operational situation 2. Estabilizado would mean it has stopped growing, controlado that it is heading towards out, and extinguido that it is out. None of the first three means you can walk into burnt ground.

Smoke reaches further than fire

Burning was reported strongly enough on 11 August to be smelt well away from the fire line. Judge your own day by what you can see and by what your host tells you, not by how far the nearest front is on a map.

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Active fire in Pata del Caballo, Escacena and Paterna del Campo

Pata del Caballo, Escacena and Paterna del Campo has an active fire event: burning, spreading, or an evacuation in force. The summary above is the current picture; the linked incident page and official sources carry the live detail, and conditions can change faster than this page. Always follow local authorities.

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