Wildfire near Mourão, Portugal (2026)

This fire in numbers3 days

100Hectares · estimated247Acres · estimated3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 22, 2026.

Portugal today7 days

1Fires · 7d4Hotspots 48h150Hectares · 7d

Last 7 days · falling

All Portugal wildfires

Wildfire near Mourão — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Mourão — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Mourão, Portugal, an active wildfire has scorched 100 hectares, or 247 acres, since it started on July 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, indicating steady combustion as the flames advance.

Mapping systems have registered 21 separate thermal detections in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, highlighting the extent to which the heat and activity have clustered near the municipality.

In context

This wildfire burned in Portugal for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.