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Wildfire near Vidago

Ended · 280 hectares (692 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
280Hectares692Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Aug 16, 2026.

Portugal todayLive
3Active60Hotspots 48h510Hectares
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Active fires nearby3 · 100 km
20KM EWildfire near Valpaços100 ha39KM NWWildfire near Calvos450 ha66KM SWWildfire near Mesão Frio130 ha
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Quick facts

Official status
ConcludedOver.
People working on it
5 people
Jurisdiction
ANEPC

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.

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

The bigger picture in Portugal

Across Portugal, roughly 69,954 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 34% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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