Forest Fire (9094 ha) in Portugal 27 Jul 2025

Event summary

Forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1024376
Countries: Portugal
Start Date - Last detection*: 27 Jul 2025 - 04 Aug 2025
Duration (days): 8
People affected: 640 in the burned area
Burned area: 9094 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (28), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),