Wildfire near Villa del Prado (Jul 22)
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Fire (SWIR)
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).
A 570-hectare (1,408-acre) wildfire that burned through broadleaf and mixed forest near Villa del Prado, Spain, has now ended after igniting on July 22, 2026.
During the event, satellites picked up a cluster of 60 heat detections over a 48-hour period, reflecting the fire's activity across the forested landscape before crews successfully brought it under control.
In context
This wildfire burned in Spain for 2 days. In total it burned about 911 ha (2,251 acres) — around 9.1 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 295,856 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 211% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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