Sánchez announces 500 more troops in the fight against wildfires and proposes a "great State Pact" to combat the climate crisis.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reappeared this Sunday from the operations center directing the firefighting efforts in Ourense. He did so alongside the President of the Xunta (Xunta), the Popular Party (PP) leader Alfonso Rueda. He announced that he will deploy an additional 500 soldiers to fight the fires currently affecting Galicia, Castile and León, and Extremadura. "We, the Spanish government, have always maintained that we must act hand in hand," he maintained.

The president emphasized the "solidarity of the Administration" and maintained that they are "putting all resources in the hands of the autonomous communities." Likewise, the leader of the coalition government proposed a broad "State Pact" to respond to the "climate emergency" by listening to "science." "We have clear answers to problems that affect us daily, regardless of the season. The climate emergency is becoming more accelerated, severe, and persistent, especially in places like the Iberian Peninsula," he explained.

The President of the Government held meetings with the heads of emergency and coordination teams at both the Ourense and León Fire Operations Coordination Centers. After visiting Ourense, Sánchez will travel to Villablino (León) to visit the area affected by the fire, accompanied by the President of the Regional Government of Castile and León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco ; the Minister of the Interior; and the Government Delegate in Castile and León, Nicanor Sen.

Ourense and León are the areas of greatest concern , along with Cáceres, due to the uncontrolled spread of the forest fires that have been raging since last Sunday , marking one of the worst waves of fires Spain has experienced in recent decades. In Ourense, some 50,000 hectares have already been burned in the 11 active fires that remain in the province.

Meanwhile, the situation in León is not far behind. The situation in Llamas de Cabrera is particularly worrying, while this Sunday, the fire broke out in the Picos de Europa National Park on the León side, forcing the evacuation of one of the largest population centers, Caín.

The President of the Xunta, for his part, has asked Sánchez to mobilize the Armed Forces "as soon as possible" to help extinguish the fires in Ourense, which has been battling the blazes since last Sunday. Rueda pointed out that this Sunday, far from improving the situation, will be a "complicated" day for extinguishing the fires, which remain at Status 2 due to their proximity to urban centers.

He indicated that there are currently 12 active fires, all of them in the province of Ourense, where "all the major fires" are located. "There is still danger to homes , hence the need for lockdowns and evacuations of the population," Rueda explained, while affirming that people's safety is "the most important thing."

"The criterion is once again safety above all else . Therefore, everyone should be convinced that when a shutdown is ordered, it's for that reason," Rueda emphasized.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reappeared this Sunday from the operations center directing the firefighting efforts in Ourense. He did so alongside the President of the Xunta (Xunta), the Popular Party (PP) leader Alfonso Rueda. He announced that he will deploy an additional 500 soldiers to fight the fires currently affecting Galicia, Castile and León, and Extremadura. "We, the Spanish government, have always maintained that we must act hand in hand," he maintained.