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Tírig and Catí destination risk · checked against official sources 11 August 2026 at 09:47 UK time

Tírig and Catí Wildfire Risk: Should I Travel?

The Tírig fire in inland Castellón was declared estabilizado on the afternoon of Monday 10 August and Catí went home the same day. One road between the two villages was still shut for the crews.

Short answer: Four fires were declared within about two hours of each other in inland Castellón on the evening of Friday 7 August, at Tírig, Culla, La Serra d'en Galceran and La Salzadella. The emergency service put them down to lightning from a dry storm, with the investigation still open. The Salzadella fire was out overnight, Culla was brought under control, and the confinement of La Serra d'en Galceran was lifted when that fire came down from operational level 2 to level 1 and its 91 evacuated residents were sent home. Tírig was the one that kept going. It ran north into the Catí municipality, and Catí was evacuated on Sunday 9 August. The Generalitat declared the fire estabilizado at four on the afternoon of Monday 10 August, which means it was moving inside the control lines drawn around it and is the step before controlado, and lowered the regional forest fire plan from situation 2 to situation 1. Juan Carlos Valderrama, the regional emergencies minister, said the people of Catí could go home without any restriction because the village was safe. The Unidad Militar de Emergencias began pulling back to its base at Bétera.

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What is still disrupted in Tírig and Catí

Checked against Generalitat Valenciana CECOPI, with the emergencies minister Juan Carlos Valderrama and the government delegate Pilar Bernabé on 2026-08-11. Conditions change daily during and after a fire, and the source below is the authority.

Generalitat Valenciana CECOPI, with the emergencies minister Juan Carlos Valderrama and the government delegate Pilar Bernabé →

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Catí is back to normal

The evacuation was lifted at about one o'clock on Monday 10 August and the emergencies minister said residents could return without any restriction. No confinement is in force anywhere in the group of fires.

The road between the villages

El Español reported the CV-128 between Catí and Tírig still closed on Monday so crews could work the perimeter. Check it before routing that way and expect the detour to be a long one in this terrain.

The other three fires

La Salzadella was out overnight, Culla was controlled and La Serra d'en Galceran was de-confined and dropped a level. None of them is a live problem.

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Controlado, then extinguido, published by the Generalitat Valenciana through its emergencies service. Estabilizado only means it is no longer moving.

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Not spreading, still dangerous in Tírig and Catí

The fire near Tírig and Catí is not growing, but still dangerous. Stabilised is a fire service term and it does not mean out, or safe: it means the fire is being held rather than growing. Crews, closures and evacuation orders can all still be in place, and wind can change the picture within hours. Check the official sources below before you travel, and follow local authorities over this page.

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