• Firefighters are struggling to contain blazes in Avila province, Sierra Oeste region, and Toledo province, with a total of about 77,000 hectares of woodland and scrub destroyed.
• The Spanish government has declared a state of emergency in affected areas, with around 90,000 people impacted by evacuations and movement restrictions, as neighboring France also faces serious wildfires.

Firefighters continued battling major wildfires across Spain on Monday, with one blaze outside Madrid potentially becoming the largest in the country's recent history, according to media reports.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said his Cabinet would approve the creation of a scientific advisory panel on climate change at its meeting on Tuesday, bringing together some of Spain's leading climate researchers to advise the government.

State broadcaster RTVE quoted him as saying: "These are not isolated incidents, it's a climate emergency."

The blaze in Ávila province, less than 100 kilometres west of Madrid, has burned an estimated 47,000 hectares after raging for several days, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said.

If confirmed, the estimate would make it Spain's largest wildfire since official records began in 1968.

Grande-Marlaska cautioned against premature optimism, saying firefighters were making only gradual progress in containing the blazes.

"The situation with the fires is improving, but slowly," Grande-Marlaska told journalists on Sunday evening.

Firefighters are also battling major wildfires in the Sierra Oeste region west of Madrid and in neighbouring Toledo province. Together with the Ávila blaze, the three fires have burned about 77,000 hectares of woodland and scrub.

Spain's Military Emergency Unit (UME) said the main fire fronts around Madrid and neighbouring provinces have been contained, although several hotspots remained active.

The government has declared a state of emergency in the affected areas to speed up the deployment of resources. The Interior Ministry in Madrid put the total number of people affected by evacuations and movement restrictions at around 90,000.

Neighbouring France has also been hit by serious wildfires in recent days.