Borrenes fire, August 2025
The fire started on 9 August 2025 in Borrenes, Spain, and burned for 4 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 4,416 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 5 municipalities.
Burnt area
4,416
hectares
Duration
4
days
Municipalities hit
5
Started on
9 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benuza | 1,626 | 9.4 % | |
| Borrenes where it started | 1,050 | 28.9 % | |
| Carucedo | 791 | 22.5 % | |
| Puente de Domingo Flórez | 641 | 10.8 % | |
| Priaranza del Bierzo | 316 | 9.4 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Other natural land
69.8 %
Broadleaved forest
20.7 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
5.6 %
Agricultural areas
2.2 %
Coniferous forest
0.9 %
Mixed forest
0.8 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 51.1 %