The Íscar fire, controlled after burning 178 hectares and the surroundings of the castle, in a season that already leaves almost five thousand fires in Spain

The fire declared this Tuesday afternoon in Íscar, Valladolid is already "controlled and perimetered," although it is still smoldering, as explained this Wednesday to 'EFE' by the town's mayor, José Andrés Sanz. The flames, whose origin is still under investigation, started around 4:30 p.m. near the town, on the hillside leading to the castle, and ended up charring 178 hectares of trees, in addition to the bar and the visitor reception pavilion located next to the fortress.

Sanz stated that "within the catastrophe that has changed the landscape and scenery, there have been no personal injuries or damage to homes," noting that the nearly 6,500 residents of the municipality were able to spend the night peacefully thanks to a 40-person contingent deployed throughout the early morning. At the same time, he thanked the collaboration of farmers, who used their tractors to open firebreaks, and confirmed that no homes were affected, although part of the population had to be preventively evacuated while the fire's perimeter remained active.

One more fire in an already overwhelmed season

Spain faces one of the most serious beginnings of the forest fire season in recent years. According to provisional data from the Ministry for Ecological Transition (MITECO), by July 5, 50,750 hectares had burned, more than double that in the same period of 2025. For its part, estimates from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) indicate that the area burned this year already exceeds that recorded throughout 2024.

To these figures, the impact of the Los Gallardos fire in Almería will still have to be added, which does not yet appear in the official balance and has been considered the most devastating of the year so far. The fire has left 13 dead, twelve foreign citizens and one Spanish woman, and some 7,000 affected hectares, while extinction teams continue to carry out surveillance and cooling tasks to prevent possible re-outbreaks.

By July 5, 4,984 incidents had been recorded, of which 15 exceeded 500 hectares, compared to the six recorded in the same period of 2025. Meanwhile, other fires have managed to stabilize in recent hours, such as those recorded in Peñarroya de Tastavins (Teruel) and Rubió (Barcelona), although high temperatures continue to favor the spread of fire in different parts of the country.