Wildfire near Villanueva de los Castillejos (ES)
True color
Fire (SWIR)
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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
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).
Burning for 38 days, the wildfire near Villanueva de los Castillejos, Spain, maintained an average daily growth of approximately 27 hectares, ultimately consuming 1,038 hectares of land. The blaze primarily impacted agricultural areas and transitional woodland-shrub landscapes.
The incident, which began on June 5, 2026, has now officially ended.