How long did the Allande fire last?

Copernicus dates it between 3 March 2019 and 3 March 2019: 1 day between the first and last image with fire. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 2 March 2019 at 19:34 and declared extinguished on 4 March 2019.

How much area did it burn?

The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 275 hectares (2.8 km²). Official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire entered 2 municipalities: Allande (266 ha, 0.8 %); Cangas del Narcea (9 ha, 0.0 %).

Did the fire reach a town?

The closest fire to a town centre came within 16.1 km of Allande. 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 13.8 °C, humidity dropped to 44 % and gusts hit 96 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 6, class Low.

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.

ES · Spain · 2019-03-03 → 2019-03-03

Allande fire, March 2019 Allande, Cangas del Narcea

Out · last detection 3 Mar 2019, 13:48 UTC

The fire started on 3 March 2019 in Allande, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 275 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 2 March 2019 at 19:34 and declared extinguished on 4 March 2019.

It is the 53th largest in Asturias since 2016 (of 225 with a page). Number 29 in Spain in 2019, of 102.

Burnt area: 275ha; Copernicus perimeter
Duration: 1day; 3 Mar 2019 – 3 Mar 2019
Municipalities hit: 2; municipalities
Started on: 3 Mar; 2019
Heat detections: 27; in a single hotspot: 38 MW
Danger at start: 6; Low · FWI index
Energy released: 492MW; sum of detected power

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 3 Mar3 Mar

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

14°high

96km/h · peak gust

44%lowest humidity

It had gone 12 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 3.2 mm on 4 Mar.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

What happened to each town

Allande 1,506 inhabitants · 16.1 km from the town where it started

266 ha reached on 3 Mar

0.8 %
Cangas del Narcea 11,282 inhabitants · 18.1 km from the town

9 ha

0.0 %

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

Other natural land97 %
Broadleaved forest2.5 %

Natura 2000 protected area affected: 3 %

LIC Sierra de los Lagos ES1200014

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.

Official record

According to EGIF (MITECO), this fire started on 2 March 2019 and burned 290 ha (the satellite measured 275 ha).

Allande De Picos de Buzon a Peña Dereita 2 March 2019 · 19:34 290 ha · extinguished on 4 March 2019 · 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)
3 Mar	13.8 °C	44 %	96 km/h	1.1 mm	Low 6
4 Mar after	9.2 °C	55 %	102 km/h	3.2 mm	Very low 1

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

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Before · 24 Feb 2019

After · 10 Mar 2019

Before After

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 · Copernicus

On 1 March 2019 the air beside the fire reached 23 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak23 µg/m³

Days over the guideline0 days

PM1040 µg/m³

WHO 15

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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 · 27Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.

⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.

Date and time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Allande fire last?: Copernicus dates it between 3 March 2019 and 3 March 2019: 1 day between the first and last image with fire. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 2 March 2019 at 19:34 and declared extinguished on 4 March 2019.
How much area did it burn?: The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 275 hectares (2.8 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire entered 2 municipalities: Allande (266 ha, 0.8 %); Cangas del Narcea (9 ha, 0.0 %).
Did the fire reach a town?: The closest fire to a town centre came within 16.1 km of Allande. 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 13.8 °C, humidity dropped to 44 % and gusts hit 96 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 6, class Low.
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

MITECO · Incendios forestales ↗
Protección Civil ↗

Satellite cross-check

NASA FIRMS ↗
EFFIS · Copernicus ↗

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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.

Where it burned