Alcampell fire, June 2026 Azanuy-Alins, San Esteban de Litera, Peralta de Calasanz
The fire started on 25 June 2026 in Alcampell, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 4,376 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 6 municipalities.
Number 10 in Spain in 2026, of 195.
- Burnt area
- 4,376ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 1day
- 25 Jun 2026 – 25 Jun 2026
- Municipalities hit
- 6
- municipalities
- Started on
- 25 Jun
- 2026
- Heat detections
- 26
- in a single hotspot: 217 MW
- Danger at start
- 58
- Extreme · FWI index
- Energy released
- 1.2GW
- sum of detected power
Where it burned
How it evolved, day by day
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
It had gone 16 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 2.0 mm on 28 Jun.
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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Azanuy-Alins 184 inhabitants · 0.0 km from the town1,827 ha reached on 26 Jun36 %
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San Esteban de Litera 672 inhabitants · 1.6 km from the town1,321 ha reached on 25 Jun18 %
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Peralta de Calasanz 206 inhabitants · 3.4 km from the town631 ha reached on 26 Jun5.5 %
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Alcampell where it started566 ha reached on 25 Jun9.8 %
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Fonz 886 inhabitants · 3.0 km from the town33 ha0.6 %
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Tamarite de Litera 3,464 inhabitants · 5.2 km from the town2 ha0.0 %
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 areas72 %
- Mixed forest8.1 %
- Coniferous forest7.0 %
- Broadleaved forest6.4 %
- Sclerophyllous scrub4.4 %
- Scrub and transitional woodland2.6 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 32 %
- LIC Yesos de Barbastro ES2410074
Natura 2000 sites (European Environment Agency, 2024 release) crossed by the perimeter.
Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.
Checked against the press
Checked on 30 September 2026We checked this page against 4 sources published once the fire was out. This is what they add:
- Also known as
- Incendio de Tamarite · Incendio de Tamarite y Alcampell · Incendio de Tamarite de Litera
- Official area reported: 4,525 ha (the satellite measured 4,376 ha)
- Declared under control (not yet extinguished): 29 June 2026
Sources
- Controlado el incendio de Tamarite de Litera tras afectar 4.525 hectareas — DiarioAragones.com, 30 June 2026
- El incendio de Tamarite de Litera se da por controlado tras afectar a 4.525 hectareas — Aragon Digital, 29 June 2026
- Estabilizado el incendio Tamarite y Alcampell mientras continuan las tareas de vigilancia y liquidacion — La Litera Informacion, 28 June 2026
- El incendio de Tamarite se da por estabilizado: los vecinos de Azanuy, Alins y Calasanz vuelven a sus casas — Aragon Digital, 27 June 2026
Official figures are measured differently from satellite ones and sometimes cover only part of the fire.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun | 38.1 °C | 17 % | 49 km/h | 0.1 mm | Extreme 58 |
| 26 Jun after | 36.9 °C | 18 % | 45 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 57 |
| 27 Jun after | 37.7 °C | 20 % | 38 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 58 |
| 28 Jun after | 36.9 °C | 21 % | 51 km/h | 2.0 mm | Very high 41 |
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 23 June 2026 the air beside the fire reached 12 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO 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)
Detections table · 26Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
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Other fires nearby
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Alcampell fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 25 June 2026 and 25 June 2026: 1 day between the first and last image with fire.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 4,376 hectares (43.8 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 6 municipalities: Azanuy-Alins (1,827 ha, 36 %); San Esteban de Litera (1,321 ha, 18 %); Peralta de Calasanz (631 ha, 5.5 %); Alcampell (566 ha, 9.8 %); Fonz (33 ha, 0.6 %); Tamarite de Litera (2 ha, 0.0 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The closest fire to a town centre came within 0.0 km of Azanuy-Alins. 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 38.1 °C, humidity dropped to 17 % and gusts hit 49 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 58, 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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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.