Wildfire near Bragança
Started on Jul 27, 2026.
Portugal today7 days
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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).
Burning near Bragança, Portugal, an active wildfire spanning 130 ha (321 acres) that started on 2026-07-27 is currently generating intense heat signatures picked up by satellites, reflecting the high radiative power of the front.
Surrounding the area, orbital monitoring has detected four separate heat signatures over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing activity and spread of the blaze.
In context
This wildfire burned in Portugal for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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 65,438 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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