Spain faces ‘complex’ three days with risks of heatwave and strong winds reigniting some fires

By Jakub Krupa
The Guardian
July 29, 2026
Category: Forest Fires
Region: International

A wildfire in southwest Turkey has forced authorities to temporarily shut down a highway from the popular tourist hub of Fethiye to the city of Antalya, AP reported. …Several fires were also reported in Greece, including on the Aegean island of Paros. Over in Hungary, the country’s Paks ⁠nuclear power plant will shut down one of its four reactors ⁠because ​of record-low water levels on the Danube river, which supplies cooling water ⁠to the facility, operator MVM said. …Fire near Madrid ‘technically stabilised,’ Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska says, but calls for caution. Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, Grande-Marlaska also said the Sierra Oeste fire near Madrid has now been “technically stabilised,” …The minister has warned the country faced a “complex” situation on wildfires with “three very tough days” ahead as temperatures rise once again and stronger winds risk reigniting some of the fires.

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