Wildfire near Castropodame (Jul 22)
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Fire (SWIR)
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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).
Quick facts
- Jurisdiction
- Junta de Castilla y León (INFOCAL)
Burning across transitional woodland-shrub and broadleaf forest near Castropodame, Spain, a 775-hectare (1,915-acre) wildfire burned for 17 days with an average daily growth of approximately 46 hectares per day. The incident has now ended, following firefighting efforts managed by the Junta de Castilla y León (INFOCAL) after it began on July 22, 2026.
This event unfolds within the context of a severe regional fire season, which typically spans from June to October. Across the country, 223,403 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that is 135 percent above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Spain for 45 days. In total it burned about 775 ha (1,915 acres) — around 7.8 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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