More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

View of the fire in Miradoiro do Alto da Picota, on August 22, 2025, in Os Peares, Ourense, Galicia (Spain). The Forest Fire Information System of the European Copernicus program brings to 158,101 hectares of area destroyed by fires in Galicia so far in August. Thus, according to updated data from the system, the area affected in the province of Ourense is already 154,969 hectares, 3,550 hectares more than 24 hours ago. Meanwhile, the rest of the provinces remain without significant changes: 1,346 hectares in Pontevedra, 1,175 in A Coruña and 611 in Lugo. Nationally, Copernicus estimates that, so far this year, 403,171 hectares have burned in Spain and the vast majority burned in the month of August. Photo by Gustavo de la Paz/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

View of the fire in Miradoiro do Alto da Picota, on August 22, 2025, in Os Peares, Ourense, Galicia (Spain). The Forest Fire Information System of the European Copernicus program brings to 158,101 hectares of area destroyed by fires in Galicia so far in August. Thus, according to updated data from the system, the area affected in the province of Ourense is already 154,969 hectares, 3,550 hectares more than 24 hours ago. Meanwhile, the rest of the provinces remain without significant changes: 1,346 hectares in Pontevedra, 1,175 in A Coruña and 611 in Lugo. Nationally, Copernicus estimates that, so far this year, 403,171 hectares have burned in Spain and the vast majority burned in the month of August. Photo by Gustavo de la Paz/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

Several emergency services fight to extinguish the fire, at Miradoiro do Alto da Picota, on August 22, 2025, in Os Peares, Ourense, Galicia (Spain). The Forest Fire Information System of the European Copernicus program brings to 158,101 hectares of surface area destroyed by fires in Galicia so far in August. Thus, according to updated data from the system, the area affected in the province of Ourense is already 154,969 hectares, 3,550 hectares more than 24 hours ago. Meanwhile, the rest of the provinces remain without significant changes: 1,346 hectares in Pontevedra, 1,175 in A Coruña and 611 in Lugo. Nationally, Copernicus estimates that, so far this year, 403,171 hectares have burned in Spain and the vast majority burned in the month of August. Photo by Gustavo de la Paz/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

View of the fire in Miradoiro do Alto da Picota, on August 22, 2025, in Os Peares, Ourense, Galicia (Spain). The Forest Fire Information System of the European Copernicus program brings to 158,101 hectares of area destroyed by fires in Galicia so far in August. Thus, according to updated data from the system, the area affected in the province of Ourense is already 154,969 hectares, 3,550 hectares more than 24 hours ago. Meanwhile, the rest of the provinces remain without significant changes: 1,346 hectares in Pontevedra, 1,175 in A Coruña and 611 in Lugo. Nationally, Copernicus estimates that, so far this year, 403,171 hectares have burned in Spain and the vast majority burned in the month of August. Photo by Gustavo de la Paz/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

View of the fire in Miradoiro do Alto da Picota, on August 22, 2025, in Os Peares, Ourense, Galicia (Spain). The Forest Fire Information System of the European Copernicus program brings to 158,101 hectares of area destroyed by fires in Galicia so far in August. Thus, according to updated data from the system, the area affected in the province of Ourense is already 154,969 hectares, 3,550 hectares more than 24 hours ago. Meanwhile, the rest of the provinces remain without significant changes: 1,346 hectares in Pontevedra, 1,175 in A Coruña and 611 in Lugo. Nationally, Copernicus estimates that, so far this year, 403,171 hectares have burned in Spain and the vast majority burned in the month of August. Photo by Gustavo de la Paz/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

More than 158,000 hectares burned by fires in Galicia in August, according to Copernicus

View of the fire in Miradoiro do Alto da Picota, on August 22, 2025, in Os Peares, Ourense, Galicia (Spain). The Forest Fire Information System of the European Copernicus program brings to 158,101 hectares of area destroyed by fires in Galicia so far in August. Thus, according to updated data from the system, the area affected in the province of Ourense is already 154,969 hectares, 3,550 hectares more than 24 hours ago. Meanwhile, the rest of the provinces remain without significant changes: 1,346 hectares in Pontevedra, 1,175 in A Coruña and 611 in Lugo. Nationally, Copernicus estimates that, so far this year, 403,171 hectares have burned in Spain and the vast majority burned in the month of August. Photo by Gustavo de la Paz/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Salvatore Mancuso Press Conference

Salvatore Mancuso Press Conference

Former Colombian paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso gives a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, a day after the court granted him conditional release from La Picota prison, July 11, 2024. The former top commander of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) was sent back to Colombia in February after serving a drug trafficking sentence in the United States. Photo by: Cristian Bayona/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Salvatore Mancuso Press Conference

Salvatore Mancuso Press Conference

Former Colombian paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso gives a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, a day after the court granted him conditional release from La Picota prison, July 11, 2024. The former top commander of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) was sent back to Colombia in February after serving a drug trafficking sentence in the United States. Photo by: Cristian Bayona/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Salvatore Mancuso Press Conference

Salvatore Mancuso Press Conference

Former Colombian paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso gives a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, a day after the court granted him conditional release from La Picota prison, July 11, 2024. The former top commander of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) was sent back to Colombia in February after serving a drug trafficking sentence in the United States. Photo by: Cristian Bayona/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM