Started on Sep 15, 2026.
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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
Quick facts
- Official status
- ConcludedOver.
- People working on it
- 142 people
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Spreading at an average rate of approximately 440 hectares per day, an active wildfire has consumed 880 hectares (2,175 acres) of broadleaf forest and transitional woodland-shrub near Portel, Portugal. Having burned for two days since its start on September 15, 2026, the fire has prompted satellites to detect 22 heat signatures in the past 48 hours, illustrating the extent of the spread across the landscape during the country's typical fire season that runs from June to October.
This incident unfolds within the broader context of Portugal's national fire activity for the year. A total of 66,773 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 37% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Portugal for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 880 ha (2,175 acres) — about 8.8 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 66,773 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 37% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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