Juan Carlos

Axente Facultativo Medioambiental.

[AXENTES AMBIENTAIS - APRAFOGA @APRAFOGA]

@G24Noticias Dende APRAFOGA desexamos pronta recuperación o bombeiro forestal 👨‍🚒🚒 conductor de motobomba ferido mentres participaba nas tarefas de extinción do #IFRibasieiraOPortoDoSon .
Enorme a labor dos nosos motobombistas en cada lume🙌

[AXENTES AMBIENTAIS - APRAFOGA @APRAFOGA]

🔥🌲 Os #axentesambientais son clave na loita contra os incendios forestais. Como directores de extinción, coordinan medios, avalían o lume e toman decisións para protexer persoas, bens e territorio. 🌿

[AXENTES AMBIENTAIS - APRAFOGA @APRAFOGA]

A natureza galega convértese no escenario dun ritual ancestral coa chegada do outono. Descubre o ciclo reprodutivo do cervo, onde habita e como gozar deste espectáculo único de forma respectuosa. Non perdas detalle!

[Revista Incendios y Riesgos Naturales (RIyRN) @RevistaIyRN]

Ya puede descargarse la 🔥 Revista #Incendios y #RiesgosNaturales nº 1️⃣8️⃣ Agosto 2026
¡¡Gracias a revisores, autores, patrocinadores y colaboradores de la revista!! 👨‍🚒👩‍🚒
➡️ https://t.co/LUxfrAUcfY
🌍 Saber, formación, normativa y lecciones identificadas
#RevistaIyRN

[AXENTES AMBIENTAIS - APRAFOGA @APRAFOGA]

Desde os Axentes Ambientais de Galicia, queremos trasladar o noso máis profundo respecto e recoñecemento ao soldado do #BIEM4 da UME falecido no día de onte no #IFPeñasDeRiglos (Huesca)

D.E.P. 🕊️

[AXENTES AMBIENTAIS - APRAFOGA @APRAFOGA]

Desliza para coñecer as distancias obrigatorias, a vexetación que debes retirar e cómo afecta á túa propiedade según a lei 3/2007. 🔥🌲

#prevención #iiff #axentesambientais #galicia #biomasa

[educación forestal🇪🇺 @eforestal]

Estos son los incendios más extensos registrados.
(incluyendo 2026)
El #IFBurgohondo podría no ser el más extenso de la historia, o sí.
Aquí puedes ver nuestro análisis y listado:

https://t.co/urR2scpC1o

[Rip Wheeler @WheelerRipWA]

Spokane Complex Fire: Washington’s Most Destructive by Structures Lost

The Spokane Complex Fire is now Washington’s most destructive wildfire in recorded history when measured by structures destroyed.

As of August 5, 2026, the three fires that make up the complex—Old Trails, Autumn Lane, and Fairview—have destroyed more than 700 structures, with preliminary aerial assessments ranging as high as 1,100 as officials continue refining the count. This surpasses the previous modern benchmark, the 2014 Carlton Complex Fire in Okanogan County, which destroyed 353 homes and additional outbuildings (commonly cited in the 350–500 structure range overall).

The Numbers

• Structures: At least 700 confirmed destroyed or heavily damaged. Early reports put Old Trails alone at roughly 640. Officials emphasize the final tally is still being validated through satellite and ground surveys.
• Acres: Approximately 10,400–10,500 acres burned across the complex as of the latest updates (Old Trails ~3,621 acres, Autumn Lane ~5,600–5,869 acres, Fairview ~1,041–1,056 acres).
• Evacuations: Roughly 65,000–67,000 people ordered to leave their homes at the peak.
• Containment: Progress is being made under cooler, more humid conditions. Old Trails and Autumn Lane were reported at 13% containment; Fairview at 5%.
• Fatalities: No confirmed deaths. All individuals previously listed as unaccounted for have been located and are safe.
• Cause: A 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire, the most destructive of the three.

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown called it the worst natural disaster the region has faced. Incident commanders and state officials have repeatedly described it as the most destructive wildfire in Washington state history by the metric that matters most to people: homes and buildings lost.

Historical Context in Washington

The Carlton Complex remains the largest single wildfire by acreage in state history at more than 256,000 acres. The 1902 Yacolt Burn was larger still in some historical estimates and killed dozens. But neither approached the structure losses seen this weekend in Spokane’s wildland-urban interface neighborhoods—Indian Trail, Five Mile Prairie, and surrounding areas.
Previous Spokane-area fires, including the 1991 firestorm (114 structures) and the 2023 Gray and Oregon Road fires (hundreds of homes combined), fall well short of the current toll.

The “43 Other States” Framing

Claims circulating that this fire would rank as the most destructive in the history of 43 other states are directionally consistent with the available data, though not a precise official ranking. Highly destructive structure-loss events (700+ buildings in a single fire or complex) have been heavily concentrated in a small number of Western states—California (multiple fires exceeding 5,000–18,000 structures), Colorado (Marshall Fire ~1,091), Oregon, Hawaii (Lahaina), and a few others. Most states simply have no modern precedent for a wildfire destroying this many buildings in one event. The framing underscores the severity without needing exaggeration.

Broader 2026 Season

This is not an isolated incident. Washington is experiencing one of its most challenging fire seasons in recent decades, with roughly 15–17 major fires burning more than 250,000 acres statewide at the height of the Spokane emergency. Resources have been stretched thin, with crews and aircraft coming from across the country and abroad.

Bottom Line

The Spokane Complex Fire has rewritten the record books for structure loss in Washington. The human cost—thousands of families displaced, neighborhoods reduced to foundations and chimneys—is real and ongoing. Recovery will take years. Accurate numbers matter more than narratives. As assessments continue, the confirmed structure count of 700+ already places this event in a category of its own for the state.

[PNW Conservative @PNWConservative]

People keep saying these videos are AI.

No, these are real videos.

What you see is the consequence of 40 years of forest mismanagement combined with arsonists.

[AXENTES AMBIENTAIS - APRAFOGA @APRAFOGA]

Dende APRAFOGA lamentamos o falecemento da nosa compañeira Ana Castro e damos o noso pésame e a nosa máis fonda aperta a familiares e amigos.
D.E.P.🕊️

[UnaJaponesaEnNormandia @EnanoGruon5]

Hace pocos días explicaba como se forman los tornados o los remolinos de fuego y humo en un incendio forestal.
En la Columbia Británica, Canadá parece que se forman ...en otras dimensiones.
Video del 25 de Julio de2026 .
El piloto lo republicó porque alguien dijo que era IA

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Aerial footage reveals the devastation after massive fire in Spokane, Washington State.

[BNO News Live @BNODesk]

WATCH: 2 firefighting helicopters collide midair in Greece https://t.co/15HP9DUMwa

[AXENTES AMBIENTAIS - APRAFOGA @APRAFOGA]

Feliz día Internacional d@s #axentesambientais !

Hoxe recoñecemos o traballo imprescindible de quen vixía, coida e protexe os nosos #montes e a nosa riqueza #natural. Moitas grazas compañeiras e compañeiros! 🌲🦅💚

[incendiosgaliciaxxi @incendiosgalxxi]

El libro que explica la virulencia de los actuales incendios https://t.co/cEUofsvmCi a través de @21NoticiasCom

[AXENTES AMBIENTAIS - APRAFOGA @APRAFOGA]

Desmontamos mitos sobre o monte galego: rozar preto das casas é obrigatorio (Lei 3/2007) e cortar árbores ou coller piñas para autoconsumo é legal se se respectan os límites. Infórmate, evita bulos e protexe o noso medio con rigor! 📝🌲🚜

[educación forestal🇪🇺 @eforestal]

🎥3D
Panorámica del mayor incendio jamás registrado
🔥#IFBurgohondo (43500 ha) junto con el 🔥#IFSierraOeste (19400 ha)

+datos: https://t.co/OcFbNjazra

[Diosa Khali @DiosaKhalinda]

España, entre los países europeos con más radares de tráfico.
El interés del Estado español en invertir en tecnología punta para multar, y esa dejación en inversión en tecnología para la lucha contra el fuego, que SÍ EXISTE !!

https://t.co/Rjekp1FIyf…

[Ag. Forestal MADRID @squalius]

☝🏻Lectura recomendada a personas ajenas a los medios profesionales de extinción de incendios forestales, para tener un mínimo de conocimiento y criterio a la hora de opinar sobre incendios forestales
#IFSierraOeste #IFBurgohondo

[😉Controladores Aéreos 🇪🇸 @controladores]

Tremendas imágenes de los incendios de Ávila la pasada madrugada a unos 14.000 pies de altitud. 🔥
Espantoso! 🥲