Forest Fire (31773 ha) in Spain 08 Aug 2025

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1024558
Glide number: WF-2025-000134-ESP
Countries: Spain
Start Date - Last detection*: 08 Aug 2025 - 18 Aug 2025
Duration (days): 10
People affected: 912 in the burned area
Burned area: 31773 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Forest fire in Spain - EC/ECHO daily mapMon, 18 Aug 2025 18:47

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Spain, Portugal - Wildfires, update (ECHO 24 Aug 2025)Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:29

  • As of 19 August, severe wildfires continue to burn in several regions across north-western Spain and neighbouring northern Portugal since 9 August. In Spain, according to the JRC European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), as of 19 August, the burnt area is approximately 200,000 hectares across the Castile and Leon, Galicia, Extremadura and Asturias regions and the Community of Madrid. In Portugal, the burnt area is approximately 145,000 hectares across the Guarda, Castel Branco, Coimbra, Viseu, and Braganca regions.
  • In Spain, DG ECHO reports as of 18 August, four fatalities, 44 injured people and nearly 30,000 evacuated people. In Portugal, the same source reports two fatalities, 246 injured people and nearly 2,000 evacuated people.
  • The UCPM was activated on 13 August for Spain and on 15 August for Portugal. Responses are ongoing with several teams (including prepositioned teams) and aerial means (including ECPP and rescEU capacities) and with one ERCC Liaison Officer in Madrid.   
  • The Copernicus Emergency Management Service was activated in rapid mapping mode on 15 August for Spain () and on 9 August for Portugal ().
  • Over the next week, according to the JRC EFFIS, the fire danger forecast is expected to be from moderate to very high across north-western Spain and northern Portugal and from low to moderate across coastal northern Spain.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (28), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1), (1),