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Wildfire near Figueiró da Granja (Aug 8)

Ended · 280 hectares (692 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
280Hectares692Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Aug 8, 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

Official status
ConcludedOver.
People working on it
77 people
Jurisdiction
ANEPC

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Figueiró da Granja, Portugal, where 11 thermal detections over the past 48 hours trace the spread of the front. Having started on August 8, 2026, the blaze has consumed 280 hectares, equivalent to 692 acres.

A response force of 151 personnel from the ANEPC has been deployed to combat the active flames. The fire unfolds amid a broader national picture in which 50,790 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 52% below the country's two-decade average.

This incident occurs within the bounds of the region's typical fire season, which traditionally spans from June to October.

In context

This wildfire burned in Portugal for 2 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 2.8 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 65,549 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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