Wildfires in Portugal
Situation over the last 30 days
74 fires detected in Portugal over the last 30 days, totalling 21,712 hectares of cumulative footprint. The latest satellite detection (NASA FIRMS) dates from October 11 at 04:51 AM.
The fire season in Portugal runs from June to September, when Mediterranean vegetation is dry and strong winds drive the fronts. Most ignitions are human in origin, and the largest footprints form within hours under a steady wind.
- Portel (PT)from September 15 at 05:41 PM to September 19 at 02:44 PM2,289 ha
- Proença-a-Nova (PT)from September 14 at 10:38 PM to September 15 at 05:41 PM2,224 ha
- Gondoriz (PT)from September 21 at 04:31 PM to September 22 at 03:10 PM1,437 ha
- Vila Verde (PT)from September 16 at 10:19 PM to September 17 at 05:20 PM1,136 ha
- Santa Clara-a-Velha (PT)from September 24 at 06:26 PM to September 25 at 04:51 AM999 ha
- Folgosa (PT)from September 22 at 04:06 AM to September 23 at 05:28 AM978 ha
- Aveiro (PT)from September 18 at 02:44 PM to September 19 at 02:46 PM781 ha
- Vila Nova de Poiares (PT)from September 19 at 02:46 PM to September 19 at 10:36 PM764 ha
- Proença-a-Nova (PT)from September 14 at 10:38 PM to September 15 at 06:38 AM761 ha
- Vieira do Minho (PT)from September 14 at 02:40 PM to September 16 at 04:17 AM690 ha
- Mirandela (PT)from September 15 at 03:59 PM to September 15 at 11:18 PM682 ha
- Fafe (PT)from September 22 at 02:34 PM to September 24 at 02:51 PM672 ha
- Fornos do Pinhal (PT)from September 24 at 10:36 PM to September 25 at 04:49 AM395 ha
- Vieira do Minho (PT)from September 23 at 10:00 PM to September 27 at 04:11 AM391 ha
- Vieira do Minho (PT)from September 14 at 04:00 AM to September 16 at 03:42 PM376 ha
- Ponte de Lima (PT)from September 22 at 10:57 PM to September 23 at 03:55 PM353 ha
- Lamego (PT)from September 24 at 10:36 PM to September 25 at 05:34 AM350 ha
- Santiago de Piães (PT)from September 21 at 03:28 AM to September 25 at 03:16 PM332 ha
- Tarouca (PT)from September 14 at 03:25 PM to September 21 at 03:27 PM328 ha
- Vale de Bouro (PT)from September 23 at 03:28 AM to September 23 at 06:46 AM301 ha
- Mértola (PT)from September 11 at 02:38 PM to September 11 at 04:20 PM295 ha
- Salvada (PT)from September 12 at 10:59 PM to September 13 at 04:56 AM282 ha
- Ligares (PT)from September 16 at 03:22 AM to September 17 at 05:40 AM268 ha
- São Pedro Fins (PT)from September 21 at 04:31 PM to September 25 at 03:54 AM246 ha
- Sines (PT)from September 23 at 03:47 AM to September 28 at 03:59 PM230 ha
- Alenquer (PT)from October 8 at 03:27 PM to October 8 at 03:27 PM195 ha
- Vaqueiros (PT)from September 11 at 03:33 PM to September 23 at 03:10 PM191 ha
- Celorico de Basto (PT)from September 17 at 03:39 AM to September 17 at 05:40 AM182 ha
- Tabuaço (PT)from September 17 at 11:54 AM to September 17 at 03:04 PM180 ha
- Fundão (PT)from September 22 at 03:27 PM to September 25 at 03:16 PM163 ha
- Vieira do Minho (PT)from September 17 at 10:59 PM to September 18 at 04:26 AM150 ha
- Felgueiras (PT)from September 20 at 03:10 PM to September 22 at 11:52 AM148 ha
- Montalegre (PT)from September 21 at 03:28 AM to September 21 at 05:10 AM137 ha
- Barcelos (PT)from September 16 at 03:22 AM to September 16 at 05:04 AM128 ha
- Fundão (PT)from October 2 at 03:23 PM to October 3 at 03:23 PM126 ha
- Vascoveiro (PT)from September 23 at 03:47 AM to September 23 at 05:28 AM120 ha
- Vila Real (PT)from September 24 at 02:32 PM to September 24 at 03:36 PM113 ha
- Boticas (PT)from September 21 at 06:13 PM to September 23 at 05:52 PM112 ha
- Santana da Serra (PT)from September 23 at 04:29 PM to September 23 at 04:29 PM92 ha
- Brinches (PT)from October 10 at 02:32 PM to October 10 at 03:33 PM91 ha
Other countries
- Spain
- Italy
- Greece
- Turkey
- Croatia
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- Ukraine
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Serbia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Albania
- North Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Cyprus
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Poland
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Chile
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
- Colombia
- Peru
- Venezuela
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Myanmar
- Vietnam
- Cambodia
- Laos
- India
- Pakistan
- Nepal
- China
- Mongolia
- Kazakhstan
- Russia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Syria
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Morocco
- Libya
- Egypt
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Mozambique
- Zimbabwe
- Zambia
- Angola
- South Africa
- Madagascar
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Central African Republic
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Nigeria
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Mali
- Burkina Faso
- Senegal
- Guinea
These figures come from satellite thermal detection and are not an official tally: only the emergency services of the country concerned are authoritative. The detected footprint overstates the area actually burnt, a pixel counting whole (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) when only an edge burns. A freshly detected fire may not yet carry a place name and will then not appear in this list, though it is already on the map.
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