Wildfire near Safara e Santo Aleixo da Restauração (PT)
True color
Fire (SWIR)
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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
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).
A wildfire that burned for 36 days near Safara e Santo Aleixo da Restauração, Portugal, has officially ended after consuming 661 hectares of land. The blaze, which began on June 7, 2026, maintained an average daily growth rate of approximately 18 hectares throughout its duration.
The fire primarily impacted a mix of agricultural areas and broadleaf forest within the region. Following more than a month of activity, the incident is now considered fully contained.