Wildfire near Penafiel
Started on Jul 30, 2026.
Portugal today7 days
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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).
Burning near Penafiel, Portugal, an active wildfire spanning 100 hectares (247 acres) that started on July 30, 2026, is showing low heat intensity from its peak fire radiative power.
Satellites have detected 7 heat signatures clustering nearby over the last 48 hours, indicating the current spread of the fire.
In context
This wildfire burned in Portugal for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 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 65,438 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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