Spain declared a state of national emergency on Thursday in the Madrid region and the province of Ávila, after a number of wildfires spiraled out of control and expanded.

The Interior Ministry said the emergency declaration aims to accelerate the mobilization of resources to fight the fires, while crisis management has been entrusted to the Military Emergency Unit.

Authorities have evacuated more than 10,000 people in recent days from several areas, including 3,500 people who were asked to leave their homes in a town west of Madrid, while residents of several towns in Ávila province were instructed to stay indoors as the flames continued to spread.

Spanish media also reported the evacuation of about 1,500 people from a tourist complex and residential area in the town of El Tiemblo, due to the rapid advance of the fires.

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The largest fire is raging in the province of Guadalajara, about 100 kilometers north of Madrid, where it has consumed more than 32,000 hectares since it broke out last week.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the government has deployed all available resources to combat the fires affecting several regions, calling on residents to follow authorities' instructions and exercise utmost caution.

According to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), fires have burned about 125,000 hectares in Spain since the beginning of the year.