Castrocalbón fire, August 2025
The fire started on 10 August 2025 in Castrocalbón, Spain, and burned for 4 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 40,081 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 19 municipalities.
Burnt area
40,081
hectares
Duration
4
days
Municipalities hit
19
Started on
10 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castrocalbón where it started | 8,859 | 100.0 % | |
| Ayoó de Vidriales | 5,642 | 93.8 % | |
| Quintana y Congosto | 5,000 | 56.6 % | |
| Santa Elena de Jamuz | 3,341 | 53.5 % | |
| Castrocontrigo | 2,985 | 15.3 % | |
| San Esteban de Nogales | 2,980 | 92.3 % | |
| Villamontán de la Valduerna | 2,767 | 48.5 % | |
| Uña de Quintana | 2,177 | 73.9 % | |
| Fuente Encalada | 1,401 | 67.2 % | |
| Quintana del Marco | 1,357 | 58.3 % | |
| Cubo de Benavente | 1,068 | 34.0 % | |
| Alija del Infantado | 907 | 17.3 % | |
| Santibáñez de Vidriales | 626 | 8.2 % | |
| Molezuelas de la Carballeda | 523 | 15.3 % | |
| Villageriz | 222 | 30.5 % | |
| San Pedro de Ceque | 115 | 2.3 % | |
| Brime de Sog | 110 | 6.2 % | |
| Destriana | 46 | 0.8 % | |
| Alcubilla de Nogales | 7 | 0.5 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Agricultural areas
42.3 %
Sclerophyllous scrub
19.5 %
Broadleaved forest
16.0 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
11.4 %
Other natural land
6.7 %
Coniferous forest
3.4 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 21.0 %