The autonomous community of Galicia has been experiencing a prolonged heatwave for 16 days this summer, with daily temperatures reaching 45 °C. The heat and dried-out land have fueled wildfires across the region that have destroyed 115,000 hectares across Spain, 67400 hectares in Galicia.⁠ ⁠ The fires have closed parts of Spain's world-famous pilgrims' route, the Camino de Santiago, that leads to the Galician town of Santiago de Compostela.⁠ ⁠ The Spanish army has deployed nearly 2000 troops to help firefighters and four people have died in Spain's worst wildfires on record. I August 18-19, 2025 I 📷️: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez I #GettyImages⁠ #GettyImagesNews⁠ ⁠ 1. Members of the Emergency Military Unit (UME) work to extinguish a wildfire next to a village in Pepín, in Ourense province, Spain. ⁠ ⁠ 2. Local volunteers stand on top of a hill as flames approach the village in A Goudiña, in Ourense province, Spain. ⁠ ⁠ 3. ⁠A firefighter works to extinguish a wildfire in A Goudiña, in Oure...