Alanís fire, June 2017 Alanís
The fire started on 24 June 2017 in Alanís, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 215 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 24 June 2017 at 15:29 and declared extinguished on 26 June 2017.
It is the 9th largest in Sevilla since 2016 (of 16 with a page). Number 92 in Spain in 2017, of 144.
We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but the VIIRS sensors did not capture it in enough detail: no day-by-day evolution, but the split by municipality is there.
- Burnt area
- 215ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 1day
- 24 Jun 2017 – 24 Jun 2017
- Municipalities hit
- 1
- municipalities
- Started on
- 24 Jun
- 2017
- Danger at start
- 64
- Extreme · FWI index
Where it burned
The weather it burned in
It had gone 37 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.
This area had burned before
No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.
What happened to each town
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216 ha0.8 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.
What burned
- Agricultural areas61 %
- Broadleaved forest33 %
- Scrub and transitional woodland6.6 %
Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.
Official record
According to EGIF (MITECO), this fire started on 24 June 2017 and burned 228 ha (the satellite measured 215 ha).
- Alanís La Encarnación 24 June 2017 · 15:29 228 ha · extinguished on 26 June 2017 · cause: arson
MITECO, Estadística General de Incendios Forestales (EGIF). This is the agency’s consolidated statistic: it measures the area in its own way, which is why it can differ from the satellite.
The weather day by day
ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.
Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)
| Day | High | Min. humidity | Peak gust | Rain | Danger (FWI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun | 35.3 °C | 17 % | 55 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 64 |
| 25 Jun after | 32.5 °C | 22 % | 51 km/h | 0.1 mm | Extreme 58 |
| 26 Jun after | 31.2 °C | 19 % | 38 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 49 |
| 27 Jun after | 27.6 °C | 30 % | 46 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 46 |
| 28 Jun after | 25.0 °C | 40 % | 49 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 41 |
| 29 Jun after | 24.5 °C | 24 % | 50 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 44 |
| 30 Jun after | 24.4 °C | 20 % | 49 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 46 |
| 1 Jul after | 28.8 °C | 15 % | 38 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 48 |
| 2 Jul after | 32.5 °C | 10 % | 36 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 53 |
| 3 Jul after | 34.5 °C | 13 % | 31 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 51 |
| 4 Jul after | 33.5 °C | 17 % | 34 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 53 |
Before and after, from space
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.
The smoke
CAMS · CopernicusOn 22 June 2017 the air beside the fire reached 20 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 16: 1.1 times the WHO daily guideline (15).
Particles from the Copernicus CAMS model at the centre of the perimeter; these are not measurements in each town. The pale bar is the worst hour, the solid one the daily average.
Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
Other fires nearby
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Alanís fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 24 June 2017 and 24 June 2017: 1 day between the first and last image with fire. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 24 June 2017 at 15:29 and declared extinguished on 26 June 2017.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 215 hectares (2.2 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire only entered Alanís (216 ha, 0.8 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The closest fire to a town centre came within 2.9 km of Alanís. That is the distance to the perimeter or nearest hotspot; it does not mean it entered the houses.
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 35.3 °C, humidity dropped to 17 % and gusts hit 55 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 64, class Extreme.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Spain (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.
Where to verify it
A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.
Emergency number: 112
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This page is built from satellite data and official records, and it sometimes gets things wrong: the wrong dates, the wrong town, two fires merged into one, or something that was not a wildfire at all. If you know this fire first-hand (you live nearby, saw it, fought it or reported on it), tell us what really happened and we will check it.
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Where this data comes from
The perimeter and land cover come from the Copernicus European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), measured on MODIS and Sentinel-2 imagery and published under CC BY 4.0. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Municipal boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM3 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from each country’s official figure.