Started on Aug 18, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Official status
- MonitoringNot fought: watched. Usually remote terrain.
- People working on it
- 23 people
- Jurisdiction
- ANEPC
Burning across other natural land and transitional woodland-shrub near Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra, Portugal, the wildfire maintained an average daily growth of approximately 394 hectares per day over a four-day span before coming to an end. The incident, which began on August 18, 2026, consumed a total of 1,576 hectares, equivalent to 3,894 acres.
During the response efforts, the ANEPC deployed 91 personnel to manage the emergency operations. This event unfolded within a national landscape where 64,105 hectares have burned so far in 2026, placing the cumulative area 39% below the two-decade average for the country, where the typical fire season runs from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Portugal for 7 days. In total it burned about 1,576 ha (3,894 acres) — around 16 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 65,549 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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