The Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, has announced the end of the national emergency declared as a result of the fires in the Community of Madrid and Ávila – the worst in Spain's history – which led the Spanish government to take the reins of fire management. Speaking from the Navaluenga command post, and after the flames were declared stabilized this Wednesday, the head of the state executive has proclaimed the "de-escalation" and confirmed that, after listening to the proposals of the involved administrations and technical criteria, it has been decided to move to operational level 2.