Wildfire near Redondo, PT (2026)

This fire in numbers3 days

130Hectares · estimated321Acres · estimated3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 5, 2026.

Portugal today7 days

1Fires · 7d4Hotspots 48h150Hectares · 7d

Last 7 days · steady

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Wildfire near Redondo — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Redondo — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

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: 268 people
Jurisdiction: ANEPC

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire near Redondo, Portugal, where five heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. Burning within a regional fire season that typically runs from June to October, the incident has grown to encompass 130 hectares, or 321 acres, since it started on September 5, 2026.

This ongoing incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 65,354 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 38% below the two-decade average for the country.

In context

This wildfire burned in Portugal for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.