Two young people were slightly injured in the fire of a yacht on which six people were traveling near the port of Ibiza. The fire on board the vessel, as reported by SAMU 061, took place around 7:56 PM this Friday.

The jury has unanimously found the woman accused of murder in the deadly fire in Les Països, Ibiza, in which a 77-year-old man lost his life in August 2023. She could face a life sentence with the possibility of parole. The jury members, who deliberated since last Tuesday, unanimously determined that there was sufficient evidence to convict the suspect of murder and arson. The jurors found it proven that the accused left her home with her face covered to avoid being recognized at 1:05 a.m. on August 3rd and went to the home of the elderly couple, her partner's parents. Once there, knowing that the woman and man were asleep and that he was completely incapable of defending himself, she set fire to the sofa. When she was sure the flames were spreading, she went to the garage and took some pillows located next to the gas tank. After that, he returned home, arriving at 2:31 a.m. "He is guilty of intentionally causing the death of a person vulnerable due to their illness, using a method designed to ensure that death, which prevented any possibility of defense," the verdict stated.

Mallorca firefighters issued recommendations on Thursday for staying warm at home safely as temperatures drop. Given this adverse weather pattern, which could bring snow to the Tramuntana mountain range, experts are warning of an increased risk of house fires and reinforcing their winter campaign with recommendations for the safe use of heating systems. The fire department reminds residents that the autumn and winter months traditionally see the highest number of house fires, especially with the increased use of fireplaces, braziers, and stoves. According to data compiled by the firefighters, 2024 was the year with the most house fires in Mallorca since records began, with 502 incidents, surpassing the 484 in 2023, the 478 in 2022, and the 452 in 2021. Furthermore, in 2024, there were five fatalities in Mallorca due to house fires. This highlights the need to take extra precautions, especially among the most vulnerable groups such as the elderly and children.

The Rotger Villalonga Foundation hosted the inauguration of [event name] on November 18th. 20 years of the Forest Network: Prevention is action. A culture of risk awareness in the face of forest fires.An event celebrating two decades of environmental awareness, preventative management, and outreach in the Balearic Islands. The day included a public talk, a documentary screening, and the presentation of children's drawings about environmental risks, linked to the educational project 'Ni 1 Foc al Bosc!' (Not One Fire in the Forest!). Since its creation, Xarxa Forestal (Forest Network) has promoted thousands of activities throughout the region—reforestation, workshops, talks, forest outings, and visits to firefighting facilities—with the aim of fostering a culture of risk awareness among municipalities, schools, and residents of forest and urban-forest areas. Toni Llabrés: "A fire doesn't start when it burns, it starts when we allow the land to be vulnerable."

Toni Llabrés, the Forest Network's awareness-raising specialist within Ibanat, opened the event and recalled that, from the outset, the priority was to build partnerships with forestry districts, municipal technicians, and local leaders. The network, she emphasized, "was not designed as a closed system, but rather has been built collaboratively with the people who live in and manage the land."

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The fire campaign began on May 1 and closed this Wednesday with 15.86 hectares burned in 60 incidents. The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment, Joan Simonet, gave a positive assessment of the campaign, stating that despite record temperatures recorded throughout Spain in 2025, the islands maintained "excellent results in terms of the number of fires and the area affected."

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Nine people were injured in a fire that started on the first floor of a building located at 5 Calle de Menorca in Palma. Medical personnel had to treat everyone due to smoke inhalation, but, in principle, no one is in serious condition.

]]> These days, while the smoke from the massive wildfires ravaging different parts of Spain worries us, we've also seen the fires affecting the Albufera region once again. This, after a few weeks in which a permanent heat wave seemed to suffocate us and in which the island teems with people and unrest. The fires become a metaphor for the present we are living in. Everything is burning; it's not in vain that we've been playing with gasoline for so long, ignoring the increasingly explicit, violent, evident, and immediate consequences of the disaster we have caused, with irreversible ecological imbalances and growing social inequalities at all levels, both locally and globally.

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The emergency personnel deployed to help fight the fires in Castile and León, consisting of 46 personnel and 21 vehicles, are returning home after completing their duties, working in their assigned areas to maintain their full operational capacity in the Balearic Islands, as the islands are in peak fire risk season from August 15th to November.

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The Balearic Islands reinforcements deployed to the Iberian Peninsula are already working in an area between León and Ourense with up to five active fires. The coordinator of the Emergency contingent deployed to the fire zone, Pedro Ladaria, explained that the latest actions this Wednesday focused on protecting an urban center in a forested area in a valley in Villa Rubín.

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The Government does not expect the rains that will fall this Wednesday in the Balearic Islands to cause flooding, but warned that the storms will be accompanied by electrical equipment, whose lightning could cause a fireAccording to forecasts from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), the next few hours will be unstable, with the first critical moment of the day expected between 12:00 and 18:00. A cold air front is expected to collide with the warm air masses, causing severe storms with rainfall of up to 50 liters per square meter. These could be accompanied by electrical disturbances and possible disasters, as well as a slight drop in temperature, according to Europa Press.

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The smoke of the fires The blaze that is ravaging much of the Iberian Peninsula has reached the Balearic Islands and turned the sky gray. The islands' forested areas are a powder keg due to the overgrowth of vegetation. But if many of these areas have already been burned elsewhere in Spain, why haven't they done so in the Balearic Islands? What are the keys to keeping forest fires at bay in the archipelago?

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A contingent of 47 personnel deployed this morning to Castile and León to assist in extinguishing the fires that have broken out in the region for days. This decision was made at the contingent's technical coordination meeting held this Monday at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Emergencies and the Interior of the Government. The team that departed this morning from Mallorca, Ibiza, and Menorca is made up of technicians from the General Directorate of Emergencies and the Interior, the Mallorca Fire Department, the Menorca Fire Department, the Ibiza Fire Department, the Palma Fire Department, environmental agents, emergency telecommunications technicians and from the Sampol company, SAMU061 teams, and volunteers from Loseta and San Antonio de Portmany Civil Protection.

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Eighteen people were injured to varying degrees in a fire at Palma Airport. According to the Emergency Services, the fire started on a Ryanair plane that was stopped on the runway. Six of the injured had to be taken to hospitals on the island, while the rest were treated at Son Sant Joan and did not require further medical attention.

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The first major fire of the summer, burning in the regions of Noguera, Segarra and Urgell, has affected 5,300 hectares so far in the towns of Torrefeta and Florejacs, Vilanova de l'Aguda, Calabona, Oliola, and Agramunt. Firefighters continue working to extinguish the fire, which is stabilized, and rule out further fatalities: this Tuesday, the death of two men was confirmed in Coscó, in La Noguera. Throughout the night, firefighters inspected the fire area to rule out further casualties, and were also able to make progress in extinguishing efforts thanks to a lull in temperatures. "Today's fires are not like those of 20 years ago; they give you goosebumps; they are very dangerous fires," stated the President of the Generalitat (Catalan government), Salvador Illa, from the command center in Guissona. Isla called for caution and prevention due to the high temperatures still expected in the country.

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