Wildfire near Castropodame (Jul 23)
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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).
Burning near Castropodame, Spain, an active wildfire spanning 430 hectares (1,063 acres) that started on July 23, 2026, is currently exhibiting low heat intensity according to satellite data, with peak fire radiative power showing subdued thermal signatures.
Despite the low thermal intensity, remote monitoring indicates that 17 distinct heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours, demonstrating ongoing thermal activity across the area.
In context
This wildfire burned in Spain for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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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