Paco Amposta, 90, reacts as he opens the door of an excavator he used to clear the field around his house, in front of a wildfire near Xerta, Catalonia, Spain, July 8, 2025. Although the record-breaking wildfires that ripped across Spain and Portugal in August have subsided, residents in rural communities in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region are still battling the aftermath. “What happened here is crazy,” said Cristina Santin, a biologist from northwestern Spain who studies fire impacts. “Suddenly you get up one day and your home region is burning on a scale that is completely unprecedented.” REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH “IBERIA WILDFIRES AFTERMATH” FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “WIDER IMAGE” FOR ALL STORIES.