Wildfire near Balmaseda
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire near Balmaseda, Spain, where five separate thermal detections over the past 48 hours trace the spreading front across the landscape. Having started on September 4, 2026, the blaze has already consumed 100 hectares, or 247 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. The wider national context underscores an extraordinary year for blazes across Spain, with 295,856 hectares burned so far in 2026—a figure that surges 211% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Spain for less than a day. So far it has affected roughly 100 ha (247 acres) — about 1.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Spain
Across Spain, roughly 295,856 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 211% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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