The consequences of the fires in Ávila and Madrid, which have affected 77,000 hectares and led to the evacuation of nearly 90,000 people, are spreading across the Iberian Peninsula. In Córdoba, remnants of this event have been visible since Sunday, when southerly winds carried the smoke to the capital and part of the province, also mixing with particles from a fire in Castellón.
On Monday, the city of Córdoba woke up under a haze of suspended smoke that has deteriorated air quality. According to the monitoring system of the Consejería de Sostenibilidad y Medio Ambiente of the Junta de Andalucía, the stations in Asomadilla and Lepanto are registering unfavorable air quality for human respiration. The situation is more severe in the city center, where the station on Avenida Al-Nasir shows very unfavorable levels, nearing the "extremely unfavorable" threshold.
Levels of fine particles (PM2.5) exceed 40.8 µm, while the unfavorable threshold is below 2.5 µm. Coarse particles (PM10) have reached 76.1 µm, far above the normal limit of 10 µm. Although these readings do not indicate a severe pollution episode, health authorities typically recommend that particularly sensitive individuals—such as those with respiratory or cardiovascular diseases, children, and the elderly—limit intense physical exertion outdoors when fine particle concentrations increase.
