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
Burning across a span of four days with an average daily expansion of 191 hectares per day, the wildfire near Quiroga, Spain, consumed a total of 762 hectares of coniferous forest and other natural land. The incident began on September 15, 2026, and has since ended.
This fire unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 298,897 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 214% above the two-decade average. Such incidents occur within the country's typical fire season, which runs from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Spain for 9 days. In total it burned about 762 ha (1,883 acres) — around 7.6 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 301,101 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 216% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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