The wildfire that broke out on Friday in Herbón, in Padrón (A Coruña), remains active and has already burnt some 330 hectares. The authorities have declared a level-2 alert and around ten homes remain evacuated.
The fire was declared on Friday at 16:01 in the parish of Herbón, in the municipality of Padrón, and continues to spread, with firefighting teams still unable to bring it under control. According to the latest official estimates, the flames have already affected around 330 hectares of land, a figure that has continued to grow in recent hours.
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The mayor of Padrón, Anxo Rei Arca, confirmed that the fire has breached the municipal boundary and entered the municipality of Teo, moving in the direction of Vilar do Bispo. This spread into a second municipality is complicating coordination efforts and widening the area at risk for residents.
The settlement of Cruxeiras de Abaixo was fully evacuated after ten homes were deemed to be at risk. The evacuation took place in the early afternoon and, by around 20:00, residents had still not been allowed to return.
Wind and heat complicate the firefighting operation
Although on Saturday morning the fire appeared to be moving towards stabilisation, the high temperatures, above 30°C, and the wind made the situation worse as the day went on. “There is quite a lot of wind, which we didn’t have in winter,” the mayor of Padrón himself said, explaining the fire’s behaviour.
The reactivation of one of the fronts made it necessary to reinforce the firefighting operation. The deployment includes technicians, forestry officers, ground crews, fire engines with water pumps and heavy machinery, as well as aerial resources coordinated between the regional government (Xunta) and the Ministry for Ecological Transition, which has provided amphibious aircraft and a helicopter.
As an additional measure, the Civil Guard informed the 112 emergency service that traffic had been cut on two roads: from the parish of Carcacía to Padrón and from Vilar do Bispo to Lampai, in Teo.
No injuries, but maximum vigilance
So far, the authorities have not recorded any casualties or damage to homes, although the proximity of the fire to several population centres is keeping the alert level high. The regional Ministry of Rural Affairs has activated preventive emergency situation 2 as a protective measure for the population.
This fire comes amid growing concern over forest blazes in Galicia. The regional government has set the high-risk fire period for 2026 between 1 July and 30 September, although the possibility of extending it to include October remains open.
Galicia’s wildfire plan for this year, known as Pladiga, aims to limit the area burned over the whole season to no more than 29,207 hectares in light of last year’s impact, a target that the Padrón fire alone is already starting to eat into significantly.
