Wildfires in Portugal — what is burning right now?

Live overview of Portuguese wildfires: every burned area measured in the past 42 days, the nearest town for each fire, and day-by-day satellite image series for the biggest ones. Hotspot detections on the live map refresh every 20 minutes.

76measured burned areas · 42 days
47,994hectares burned · 42 days
Oct 5, 2026latest detection

Map — hotspots and burned areas in Portugal

Dots are satellite heat detections from the past 42 days — bright yellow is the last 24 hours. Brown outlines are measured burned areas: click one for size and dates. Photo pins open the day-by-day satellite image series of that fire.

Burned areas in Portugal — past 42 days

AreaFirst seenLast seenNearest townSatellite series
121 haOct 1, 2026Oct 5, 2026Maceira—
109 haOct 1, 2026Oct 5, 2026Eiras · 5 km—
Burned area near Fundão from space169 haOct 2, 2026Oct 3, 2026Fundão · 6 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Alhandra from space181 haSep 20, 2026Oct 1, 2026Alhandrasatellite series →
302 haSep 23, 2026Sep 28, 2026Sines · 6 km—
Burned area near Vieira do Minho from space308 haSep 27, 2026Sep 27, 2026Vieira do Minho · 7 kmsatellite series →
121 haSep 22, 2026Sep 26, 2026Eiras · 4 km—
Burned area near Cinfães from space350 haSep 21, 2026Sep 25, 2026Cinfães · 4 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Mesão Frio from space444 haSep 24, 2026Sep 25, 2026Mesão Frio · 4 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near São Marcos da Serra from space814 haSep 24, 2026Sep 25, 2026São Marcos da Serra · 4 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Valpaços from space311 haSep 24, 2026Sep 25, 2026Valpaços · 10 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Silva Escura from space176 haSep 21, 2026Sep 25, 2026Silva Escurasatellite series →
Burned area near Vieira do Minho from space229 haSep 23, 2026Sep 24, 2026Vieira do Minho · 5 kmsatellite series →
184 haSep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Ourique · 13 km—
Burned area near Darque from space387 haSep 22, 2026Sep 23, 2026Darque · 9 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Mondim de Basto from space237 haSep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Mondim de Basto · 5 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Coronado from space618 haSep 22, 2026Sep 23, 2026Coronado · 4 kmsatellite series →
179 haSep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Pinhel · 4 km—
Burned area near Fafe from space271 haSep 22, 2026Sep 22, 2026Fafe · 8 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Oleiros from space202 haSep 22, 2026Sep 22, 2026Oleiros · 15 kmsatellite series →
579 haSep 14, 2026Sep 21, 2026Moimenta da Beira · 6 km—
211 haSep 21, 2026Sep 21, 2026Vieira do Minho · 16 km—
Burned area near Poiares from space725 haSep 19, 2026Sep 19, 2026Poiares · 6 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Eirol from space655 haSep 18, 2026Sep 19, 2026Eirolsatellite series →
Burned area near Sande from space819 haSep 16, 2026Sep 17, 2026Sande · 6 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Portel from space2,535 haSep 15, 2026Sep 16, 2026Portelsatellite series →
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Data. Hotspots: NASA MODIS & VIIRS (updated ~20 min). Burned-area outlines and sizes: Copernicus Emergency Management Service / EFFIS (CC BY 4.0). Satellite image series: Copernicus Sentinel-2. Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

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