Larouco fire (Ourense) reaches 20,000 hectares burned and becomes the largest in the history of Galicia

Larouco fire (Ourense) reaches 20,000 hectares burned and becomes the largest in the history of Galicia

Displaced soldiers in San Vicente de Leira, on August 19, 2025, in Villamartín de Valdeorras, Ourense, Galicia (Spain). The fire that remains active in the Ourense municipality of Larouco, which crossed the Sil at several points to pass into the province of Lugo, continues this Tuesday without control and already affects about 20,000 hectares. As of Monday, August 18, it is already considered the largest forest fire in the history of Galicia. The wave of fires affecting Galicia has already devastated almost 72,000 hectares, becoming the second most lethal wave of fires in the Galician community, only behind the fires that devastated more than 95,000 hectares in 2006. Photo by Rosa Veiga/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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