Wildfire near San Bartolomé de la Torre
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🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Spanning 38 days of active combustion, the wildfire near San Bartolomé de la Torre, Spain, consumed 4,595 hectares (11,354 acres) of land before reaching its end. The blaze maintained an average daily growth rate of approximately 121 hectares throughout its duration.
The fire primarily impacted agricultural areas and transitional woodland-shrub landscapes. Having started on June 8, 2026, the incident is now officially classified as ended.
In context
This wildfire burned in Spain for 64 days. In total it burned about 4,595 ha (11,354 acres) — around 46 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 294,894 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 210% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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