Wildfire near Vilarandelo (Jul 28 #2)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Spanning 804 hectares (1,987 acres) of agricultural areas and transitional woodland-shrub near Vilarandelo, Portugal, an active wildfire that began on July 28, 2026, continues to burn.
Satellite monitoring over the past 48 hours has recorded 37 heat detections clustered in the area, indicating the current spread of the fire.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Portugal for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 804 ha (1,987 acres) — about 8.0 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 31,410 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 70% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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