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Wildfire near Taboada

Ended · 130 ha (321 acres) · started 2026-07-28 · updated 2026-07-29

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130Hectares321Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 28, 2026.

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Wildfire near Taboada — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Taboada — 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 near Taboada, Spain, an active wildfire has scorched 130 ha (321 acres) since it began on 2026-07-28.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature alongside 6 recent heat detections, mapping the spread of the active front.

In context

This wildfire burned in Spain for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 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 296,502 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 211% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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