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Wildfire near Portel (Sep 16)

Ended · 530 hectares (1,310 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers2 days
530Hectares1,310Acres2Days it lasted

Started on Sep 16, 2026.

Portugal today7 days
0Fires · 7d4Hotspots 48h0Hectares · 7d
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Wildfire near Portel (Sep 16) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Portel (Sep 16) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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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

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People working on it
315 people
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An active wildfire is currently burning near Portel, Portugal, having consumed 530 hectares, or 1,310 acres, since it started on September 16, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, alongside 19 heat detections clustering nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the incident.

This event occurs within Portugal's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Broader figures show that 66,773 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 37% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Portugal for 1 day. In total it burned about 530 ha (1,310 acres) — around 5.3 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 71,456 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 32% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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