Current Incidents

Explosion of a butane cylinder in a Poblenou building left multiple apartments uninhabitable, 11 people injured (including two with serious burns), evacuations and temporary loss of water and electricity for the block municipal temporary accommodation offered.

Polar front forecast to bring heavy precipitation and thunderstorms (peak risk 15 May), yellow alerts for rain in Girona (up to ~20 l/m²), strong coastal winds (50–60 km/h on the Costa Brava) and snow in the Pyrenees above ~1,300 m.

User and environmental groups carried out a surprise action on ADIF tracks to protest the R-Aeroport project public demonstrations and direct actions targeting transport infrastructure were reported.

Political scrutiny and police-operational controversy after admission that two Mossos agents were infiltrated into a teachers' assembly separately, the Audiencia ordered reopening of an investigation into Mossos' use of pepper spray in a 2025 protest.