How long did the Ayamonte fire last?

Copernicus dates it between 19 September 2026 and 19 September 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 405 hectares (4.0 km²). Official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire entered 3 municipalities: Villablanca (225 ha, 2.3 %); Ayamonte (167 ha, 1.2 %); Isla Cristina (13 ha, 0.3 %).

Did the fire reach a town?

The closest fire to a town centre came within 2.2 km of Villablanca. 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 31.2 °C, humidity dropped to 38 % and gusts hit 26 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 29, class High.

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 · 2026-09-19 → 2026-09-19

Ayamonte fire, September 2026 Villablanca, Ayamonte, Isla Cristina

Out · last detection 19 Sept 2026, 14:22 UTC

The fire started on 19 September 2026 in Ayamonte, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 405 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 3 municipalities.

It is the 18th largest in Huelva since 2016 (of 36 with a page). Number 56 in Spain in 2026, of 195.

Burnt area: 405ha; Copernicus perimeter
Duration: 1day; 19 Sept 2026 – 19 Sept 2026
Municipalities hit: 3; municipalities
Started on: 19 Sept; 2026
Heat detections: 26; in a single hotspot: 45 MW
Danger at start: 29; High · FWI index
Energy released: 449MW; sum of detected power

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 19 Sept19 Sept

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

31°high

26km/h · peak gust

38%lowest humidity

It had gone 25 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

24% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 57 ha in 2017, 42 ha in 2025.

57 ha Villablanca fire, June 2017 101 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire

What happened to each town

Villablanca 2,939 inhabitants · 2.2 km from the town

225 ha reached on 19 Sept

2.3 %
Ayamonte 22,001 inhabitants · 7.1 km from the town where it started

167 ha reached on 19 Sept

1.2 %
Isla Cristina 21,525 inhabitants · 5.8 km from the town

13 ha reached on 19 Sept

0.3 %

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 areas32 %
Sclerophyllous scrub22 %
Scrub and transitional woodland18 %
Mixed forest15 %
Other natural land9.6 %
Coniferous forest4.2 %

Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.

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)
19 Sept	31.2 °C	38 %	26 km/h	0.0 mm	High 29
20 Sept after	31.5 °C	38 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	High 31
21 Sept after	31.9 °C	38 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	High 31
22 Sept after	32.5 °C	35 %	24 km/h	0.0 mm	High 31
23 Sept after	30.5 °C	33 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	High 33
24 Sept after	33.5 °C	22 %	20 km/h	0.0 mm	High 37
25 Sept after	36.5 °C	18 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 44
26 Sept after	34.5 °C	19 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 48
27 Sept after	25.4 °C	56 %	46 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
28 Sept after	26.2 °C	66 %	34 km/h	0.9 mm	Moderate 16
29 Sept after	25.9 °C	67 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 17

Before and after, from space

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

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Before · 12 Sept 2026

After · 26 Sept 2026

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 21 September 2026 the air beside the fire reached 14 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak14 µg/m³

Days over the guideline0 days

PM1022 µg/m³

Optical depth0.30

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Good Fair Moderate Poor Very poor Extremely poor

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.

⬇ 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 Ayamonte fire last?: Copernicus dates it between 19 September 2026 and 19 September 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 405 hectares (4.0 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire entered 3 municipalities: Villablanca (225 ha, 2.3 %); Ayamonte (167 ha, 1.2 %); Isla Cristina (13 ha, 0.3 %).
Did the fire reach a town?: The closest fire to a town centre came within 2.2 km of Villablanca. 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 31.2 °C, humidity dropped to 38 % and gusts hit 26 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 29, class High.
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.

Where it burned