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Wildfire near Retuerta del Bullaque (Jul 23)

Ended · 1,002 ha (2,476 acres) · started 2026-07-23 · updated 2026-08-08

Wildfire near Retuerta del Bullaque (Jul 23) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Retuerta del Bullaque (Jul 23) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True color Fire (SWIR)
True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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 across transitional woodland-shrub and sclerophyllous vegetation, a 1,002-hectare wildfire near Retuerta del Bullaque, Spain, spent 16 days active before ending. The fire maintained an average daily growth of approximately 63 hectares per day.

This incident unfolded during Spain's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows severe conditions, with 223,403 hectares burned so far in 2026, tracking 135% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Spain for 45 days. In total it burned about 1,002 ha (2,476 acres) — around 10 km².

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

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