Turkey announced this Saturday that it will send two aircraft specialized in firefighting to Spain to reinforce the extinguishing efforts against the fires that are devastating various areas of the country, particularly at the moment in the provinces of Ávila and Madrid.
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Turkey, “in response to the request for help made by the Spanish authorities within the framework of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, will send two firefighting planes to Spain in order to contribute to the fight against the fire,” announced a statement issued by the Turkish embassy in Madrid.
The two large forest fires that are ravaging the neighboring provinces of Madrid and Ávila, in the center of Spain, have burned some 25,000 hectares so far, favored by atmospheric conditions, and have forced the evacuation of 73,000 people from numerous municipalities.
Madrid ve çevresinde meydana gelen orman yangınlarını üzüntüyle takip ediyor, dost İspanya halkına en içten geçmiş olsun dileklerimizi iletiyoruz.
Seguimos con profunda tristeza los incendios forestales que se están produciendo en Madrid y sus alrededores, y trasladamos al…
— Türkiye in Spain (@TC_MadridBE) July 24, 2026
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced this Saturday that the two uncontrolled and close fires will now be managed as a single incident, so that the command of the national emergency declared in the area will be unified.
Apart from these two catastrophic fires in the center of Spain, a string of fires are affecting other parts of the country, although less intense, such as in the provinces of León (north), Huesca and Teruel (northwest), and Córdoba (south).
Recent weeks were especially serious in the province of Almería (southeast), where 13 people died and 7,000 hectares burned.
And just a few days ago, fire devoured 32,000 forest hectares in the Sierra Norte de Guadalajara (center), the second largest incident of this type in Spain since records began.
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