Wildfire near Moimenta e Montouto
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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).
Quick facts
- Personnel
- 131
- Jurisdiction
- ANEPC
Burning across transitional woodland-shrub and coniferous forest near Moimenta e Montouto, Portugal, an active wildfire has scorched 2,015 ha (4,979 acres) since it began on August 15, 2026. The fire is maintaining a rapid progression, averaging approximately 1,008 ha/day over its two days of burning within a typical fire season that runs from June to October.
Satellites monitoring the incident have detected 16 heat signatures nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire front. A total of 141 personnel deployed by ANEPC are working to suppress the active blaze.
This incident unfolds during a broader fire year in which 52,257 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 50% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Portugal for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 2,015 ha (4,979 acres) — about 20 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 52,257 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 50% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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