Toledo County recorded 517 fires in 2025, 77% of which were growing

This was stated by Toledo Board Delegate, Alvaro Gutierrez, on Tuesday, who added that The total affected area in Toledo County reached 3,170 hectares.

The most important fires were in the province Navalmoralejo, which began on August 11, also affected Extremadura and reached about 3,000 hectares in total, 750 in area; Makeda virus, which began on July 18 and affected 502 hectares; Mintrida and Casarrubios, which began on July 17 and also extended to the Community of Madrid, reaching about 3,200 hectares, of which 1,357 were in Toledo; And the Murocs fire, which affected about 500 hectares in mid-October.

The Council delegate in Toledo highlighted this These were four of the five Level 2 fires declared in Castilla-La Mancha this yearThat is, those that not only affect infrastructure, but also pose risks to people.

€23.2 million in Toledo County

The government of Castilla-La Mancha allocated the province of Toledo This campaign amounted to 23.2 million euros, bringing the total budget in the region to 116 million euros, of which 60 million were allocated to prevention and another 56 million to extinction.Gutierrez stressed that “the matter reflects the strategy of the government of Emiliano García Peg in anticipating and extinguishing fires even before they occur, thus reducing the risks.”

In this sense, Regarding preventionwhich begins to develop one year before, The work was carried out on an area of ​​2,367 hectares in Toledo Countywhich mainly consists of silvicultural treatments through clearing, pruning, brush removal, or creating firebreaks.

To carry out this work, The regional government provided Infocam in Toledo County with 514 human resources Between technicians and environmental agents of the Communities Council and Geacam staff, In addition to 57 physical meansSpecifically, eight air forces, 40 ground assets, and nine control towers.