As Spain braces for the fourth extreme heatwave of the 2026 summer, emergency authorities have warned the country has just 48 decisive hours to bring widespread active wildfires under control before dangerous weather conditions escalate the crisis. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged the entire population to adopt maximum precautionary measures as the fast-moving blazes, already one of the worst environmental disasters of the decade for the country, have displaced tens of thousands of residents and scorched hundreds of thousands of hectares of land.