Overall Green Forest fire alert in Portugal from 16 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC to 17 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7113 ha) in Portugal 16 Aug 2025

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1024617
Countries:	Portugal
Start Date - Last detection*:	16 Aug 2025 - 18 Aug 2025
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	345 in the burned area
Burned area:	7113 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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18 Aug 04:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	345	7113	18 Aug 2025 02:00	GWIS
2		0.5	354	7383	26 Aug 2025 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Portugal , District of Guarda (population 188,200) . The nearest places are Guarda, Covilhã, Coria, Viseu, and Castelo Branco.

Radius	Population
10 km	9000 people
5 km	5100 people
2 km	1800 people
1 km	1300 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guarda	Portugal	190000 people
Castelo Branco	Portugal	210000 people
Extremadura	Spain	1.1 million people
Castilla y Leon	Spain	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Guarda	Guarda	Portugal	City	28000 people	20 km
Covilhã	Castelo Branco	Portugal	City	18000 people	40 km
Coria	Extremadura	Spain	City	13000 people	68 km
Viseu	Viseu	Portugal	City	26000 people	75 km
Castelo Branco	Castelo Branco	Portugal	City	33000 people	77 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Covilha	COV	482	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	39 km
Viseu	VSE	628	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	76 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Sabugal	Coa	2000	12 km
Meimoa	Meimoa	1985	20 km
Iruena	Agueda	n/a	42 km
Rivera de Gata Main Dam	Gata	1990	50 km
Agueda	Agueda	1931	52 km
Borbollon	Arrago	1954	55 km
Idanha	Ponsul	1949	55 km
Saucelle	Duero	1956	72 km
Vilar	Tavora	1965	72 km
Santa Luzia	Unhais	1942	77 km
Pocinho	Douro	1982	78 km
Valdeobispo	Alagon	1965	80 km
Alcantara 2	Tajo	1969	80 km
Valeira	Douro	1975	84 km
Baixo Sabor	Sabor River	2013	88 km
Aldeadavila	Duero	1963	92 km
Cedillo	Tajo	1975	94 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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