Wildfire near El Cerro de Andévalo
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 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 El Cerro de Andévalo, Spain, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 430 hectares (1,063 acres) since it started on July 22, 2026.
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature alongside 20 recent thermal detections in the surrounding area, highlighting the ongoing spread of the fire front.
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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