Aircraft fight fires in Spain
The aircraft include helicopters and amphibious planes.
As of 18:00 hrs on 15 October, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) had sent 29 aircraft to support firefighting efforts in Galicia, Castilla y León and Asturias, after wildfires were declared in A Coruña, Ourense, Pontevedra, Leon, and Asturias.
The aircraft included amphibious planes from bases in Torrejón, Madrid and Matacán, Salamanca, and Rosinos in Zamora. Helicopters were dispatched from bases in Plasencia del Monte, Villarés de Jadraque, Plasencia de Cáceres, Tabuyo del Monte, Lubia in Soria, Ibias in Asturias, Tineo and Caravaca.