Wildfire near Monção
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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
- 72
- Jurisdiction
- ANEPC
A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over an active wildfire burning near Monção, Portugal, where 9 heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. The blaze, which covers an area of 100 hectares (247 acres), began on August 18, 2026, and is burning within a region where the typical fire season runs from June to October.
A response force of 67 personnel operating under the direction of the ANEPC has been deployed to tackle the ongoing incident. Nationally, the broader context shows that 59,641 hectares have burned across Portugal so far in 2026, a figure that remains 43% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Portugal for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 100 ha (247 acres) — about 1.0 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 59,641 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 43% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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