Wildfire near La Pueblanueva
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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).
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire burning near La Pueblanueva, Spain, with seven recent thermal detections recorded in the area. The fire, which started on July 23, 2026, has currently charred 180 hectares (445 acres).
In context
This wildfire burned in Spain for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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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