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Incendio forestal Sierra Oeste

Sierra Oeste

Madrid40.4011, -4.2686
perimetrado, con focos activosObserved 26 Jul 2026, 12:30 UTC
Physical identityMadrid Sierra Oeste is a distinct physical incident. Shared command with Ávila and Toledo does not establish a continuous perimeter.
Administrative identityComunidad de Madrid
Operational groupingcentral-spain-national-emergency
Forecast regionES-CRegional context only—not an incident growth simulation

Current operational situation

Status & public orders

Official reported area22,000 haComunidad de Madrid / ASEM 112; national emergency unified command
EFFIS mapped area16,817 haSatellite-mapped burnt area · separate measurement
Evacuated29,488 outside their homes in the Madrid reporting scopeComunidad de Madrid
Confined21,132 confined in the Madrid reporting scopeComunidad de Madrid

Responsible authorities

responsible operational authorityComunidad de Madrid / ASEM 112; national emergency unified command

Evacuation, confinement and closure records

Road closureeffective-at-frozen-update
M-507, M-540, M-501, M-541, M-512, M-531, M-539, M-533, M-521, M-855, M-537 and M-510 restrictions at authority-published kilometre points.

Comunidad de Madrid / ASEM 112 · effective Not published

No authority polygon published; map uses a point reference only.
Transit suspensioneffective-at-frozen-update
Bus lines 541, 545, 546, 547, 548, 551, 640A, 643, 645 and 665 suspended; line 642 curtailed.

Comunidad de Madrid / ASEM 112 · effective Not published

No authority polygon published; map uses a point reference only.
Road closureeffective-at-frozen-update
N-403 restriction between Cadalso de los Vidrios and Almorox.

National emergency command / road authority · effective Not published

No authority polygon published; map uses a point reference only.

Measurement ledger

Perimeters kept separate

An operational area estimate and an EFFIS satellite-mapped burnt-area perimeter may cover different objects at different times. Auburn neither merges them nor silently chooses one.

EFFIS record 565281 · Madrid physical incident16,817 ha

European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), JRC
Updated 23 Jul 2026, 19:05 UTC

A remote-sensing perimeter/area estimate kept separate from national or incident-command reported hectares.

Regional context · Auburn IC1

14-day scenario envelope

This is regional context—not an incident-specific prediction. It does not forecast an exact perimeter, arrival time or named-place impact.

0-72hEXTREME · P50 0.664

P10 0.656 · P90 0.672

S · SW · NE
P10/P50/P90 ECMWF ensemble fire-weather pressure range; not a fire-arrival probability.
days-4-7EXTREME · P50 0.819

P10 0.783 · P90 0.843

NE
P10/P50/P90 ECMWF ensemble fire-weather pressure range; not a fire-arrival probability.
days-8-14EXTREME · P50 0.787

P10 0.730 · P90 0.814

NE
P10/P50/P90 ECMWF ensemble fire-weather scenario envelope; direction is a broad monitoring corridor, never a predicted fireline.
0.59S
0.64SW
0.76NE
0.82NE
0.84NE
0.82NE
0.80NE
0.81NE
0.81NE
0.78NE
0.78NE
0.79NE
0.79NE
0.78NE

Chronology

Incident timeline

  1. officialMadrid, Ávila and later Toledo enter shared national-emergency command while physical incident records remain separate.

    Madrid, Ávila and later Toledo enter shared national-emergency command while physical incident records remain separate.

    madrid-sierra-oeste-official, rtve-central-spain-july26
  2. officialMadrid ASEM updates Sierra Oeste: 22,000 hectares and detailed evacuations, confinements and closures.

    Madrid ASEM updates Sierra Oeste: 22,000 hectares and detailed evacuations, confinements and closures.

    madrid-sierra-oeste-official