Wildfire near Vidago, Portugal (2026)

Wildfire near Vidago — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Vidago — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Key facts

Source: NASA FIRMS

Official statusConcludedOver.

JurisdictionANEPC

The story so far

About 5 km northeast of Vidago.

Summary written on Aug 17, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire is currently burning near the city of Vidago in Portugal, having charred 280 hectares (692 acres) since it began on August 16, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while 42 heat detections cluster nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the spread of the fire.

A total of 24 personnel from the ANEPC agency are responding to the incident. The local fire season typically runs from June to October. Meanwhile, a broader context shows that 57,663 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, which is 45% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Portugal for 2 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 2.8 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

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