In the rural interior of Mallorca there is an orange warning, as temperatures will reach 39º. In addition, cloudy intervals are expected with the possibility of occasional and isolated showers, which could be accompanied by storms. Southern Europe is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons in two decades, with Spain among the hardest-hit countries. In the past week alone, fires there have claimed three lives and burned more than 115,000 hectares, while neighbouring Portugal also battles widespread blazes.
“There are still some challenging days ahead and, unfortunately, the weather is not on our side,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told a news conference in Ourense, one of the most affected areas.
He announced an increase in military reinforcements, bringing the total number of troops deployed across Spain to 1,900.
Virginia Barcones, director general of emergency services, told Spanish public TV temperatures were expected to drop from Tuesday, but for now the weather conditions were “very adverse”.
“Today there are extremely high temperatures with an extreme risk of fires, which complicates the firefighting efforts,“ Barcones said. In neighbouring Portugal, wildfires have burnt some 155,000 hectares of vegetation so far this year, according to provisional data from the ICNF forestry protection institute – three times the average for this period between 2006 to 2024. Another blaze in Trancoso, further north, has now been raging for eight days.
