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Wildfire near Montehermoso

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

This fire in numbers3 days
280Hectares692Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Aug 19, 2026.

Spain today7 days
2Fires · 7d14Hotspots 48h730Hectares · 7d
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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

Burning near Montehermoso, Spain, an active wildfire has consumed 280 hectares, equivalent to 692 acres, since it started on August 19, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat intensity signature from the peak fire radiative power, while 11 heat detections cluster nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the fire's current spread.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. The broader landscape faces severe strain, with 296,999 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that is 212 percent above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Spain 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 Spain

Across Spain, roughly 301,101 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 216% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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