Wildfire near Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra (Aug 18 #3)
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🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning across other natural land and transitional woodland-shrub near Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra, Portugal, a wildfire spanned seven days before finally having ended. Over the course of its activity, the blaze burned a total of 1,489 ha (3,679 acres), averaging an approximate daily growth of 213 ha/day.
This incident unfolded within Portugal's typical fire season, which runs from June to October, and began on 2026-08-18. The broader landscape reveals that 64,185 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that is 39% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Portugal for 7 days. In total it burned about 1,489 ha (3,679 acres) — around 15 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 64,218 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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