Wildfire near Belver
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Personnel
- 468
- Jurisdiction
- ANEPC
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Belver, Portugal, where 46 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the spread of the front. The blaze, which started on August 18, 2026, has consumed 950 hectares, equivalent to 2,347 acres.
A response force of 468 personnel from ANEPC is deployed to manage the incident during the typical regional fire season that runs from June to October. This event unfolds within a broader national landscape where 59,641 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 43% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Portugal for 1 day. In total it burned about 950 ha (2,347 acres) — around 9.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Portugal
Across Portugal, roughly 65,354 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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