Wildfire near Jerez de los Caballeros (ES)
True color
Fire (SWIR)
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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
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 for a total of seven days, the wildfire near Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain, expanded at an average rate of approximately 79 hectares per day before reaching its final size of 550 hectares (1,359 acres). The blaze, which began on July 6, 2026, primarily impacted a mix of agricultural areas and other natural land.
The incident is now officially listed as ended, concluding a week-long effort to contain the fire within the region.