Foreign Office updates Spain travel advice as national emergency declared

TravelTravelThousands of people have been evacuated from their homes15:34, 25 Jul 2026The UK Foreign Office has updated its guidance for anyone travelling to Spain over the coming days. Spanish authorities have declared a national emergency because of wildfires in parts of Madrid and Ávila. There are also reports of wildfires in other inland areas of Spain.‌Including 70,000 people evacuated in central Spain, wildfires in southern Europe this week have displaced more than a quarter of a million people. Firefighters in Spain said the blazes spread so fast and violently they could not be tackled head on.‌Fires have burned 130,000 hectares of forest already this year in Spain, up from an annual average of 100,000 hectares over the past decade. Elsewhere, France is preparing to use a massive, s