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Wildfire near Eirol

Ended · 200 hectares (494 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
200Hectares494Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 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

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ConcludedOver.
People working on it
28 people
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ANEPC

An active wildfire spanning 200 hectares, or approximately 494 acres, has been burning near Eirol, Portugal, since it started on September 18, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside eight thermal detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours that trace the fire's recent spread across the landscape.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Broader figures place this event within a wider national context, as Portugal has recorded 69,108 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 34% below the country's two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Portugal for 2 days. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 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 71,456 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 32% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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