Wildfire near Navaluenga (Jul 22 · W)
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 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 an intense heat signature from the wildfire that recently burned 480 ha (1,186 acres) near Navaluenga, Spain, registering 107 heat detections over a recent 48-hour period. The incident, which began on July 22, 2026, has now ended.
In context
This wildfire burned in Spain for 38 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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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