The sky over Madrid at dawn is shrouded in smoke from the fire in the western mountains. The sky is shrouded in smoke caused by the fire in the western mountains, as seen from Cerro del Tío Pío on July 25, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. A total of 63,000 people have been directly affected by the severity of the fire in the Madrid region, but millions have felt the consequences in the city of Madrid: an intense smell of burning, a blanket of smoke covering the capital, and a shower of ash. JULY 25, 2026 FOREST FIRE POLLUTION SMOKE Carlos Lujá Madrid, Madrid, Spain