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A The wildfire broke out that ignited around 13:00 on 30 July 2026 in the Parque Natural de los Arribes del Duero near the Picón area on the Tormes slope, close to slope near Fermoselle, Zamora. Classified as IGR level‑2, the blaze Zamora, has burned roughly 11 000 hectares. Authorities ordered hectares and was classified as IGR level‑2. Roughly 40 firefighting resources, including four aircraft, were deployed on the evacuation of fourteen villages, moving southern and western fronts, while the northern and eastern fronts stabilised overnight. Fourteen villages were evacuated, displacing about 800 residents, including around among them roughly 80 elderly people from a local care home who were moved to sports halls and other shelters. During the night, two additional villages—Villar Additional evacuations of Villar del Buey and Pasariegos—were also evacuated, Pasariegos took place during the night, with 25 senior residents transferred to a facility in Zamora. Firefighting assets total forty to fifty, comprising helicopters, aerial water‑dropping aircraft and ground crews. The Unidad Militar de Emergencias set up established a coordination base in Vitigudino. Support arrived came from the autonomous community of Cantabria (ten firefighters and two environmental agents) and a Qatari contingent that landed arrived with 79 specialists, expected to expand grow to 130 personnel. Strong winds and very high temperatures kept the southern and western fronts active, while the northern and eastern fronts stabilised overnight. active. Power outages outages, road closures and loss of mobile coverage affected parts of the Sayago comarca. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and suppression operations continue under close monitoring.