Wildfire near Valdesamario (Jul 28)
Started on Jul 28, 2026.
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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).
An active wildfire burning near Valdesamario, Spain, has charred 230 hectares (568 acres) since it started on July 28, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front alongside nine recent thermal detections clustering nearby.
In context
This wildfire burned in Spain for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 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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