Cáceres fire, August 2025
The fire started on 15 August 2025 in Cáceres, Spain, and burned for 4 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 3,739 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities.
Burnt area
3,739
hectares
Duration
4
days
Municipalities hit
2
Started on
15 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cáceres where it started | 3,740 | 2.1 % | |
| Aliseda | 16 | 0.2 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Agricultural areas
57.7 %
Sclerophyllous scrub
39.6 %
Broadleaved forest
1.1 %
Other natural land
0.9 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
0.6 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 66.3 %