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Domusnovas fire, July 2026 Domusnovas

Out · last measured on 16 Jul 2026

The fire started on 16 July 2026 in Domusnovas, Italy, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 264 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 14th largest in Sud Sardegna since 2016 (of 37 with a page). Number 82 in Italy in 2026, of 232.

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We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but not yet its hotspots: NASA publishes the yearly hotspot archive only once the year closes. The page picks it up automatically when it is available.

Burnt area
264ha
Copernicus perimeter
Duration
1day
16 Jul 2026 – 16 Jul 2026
Municipalities hit
1
municipalities
Started on
16 Jul
2026
Danger at start
48
Very high · FWI index
Natura 2000
96%
of the perimeter is protected land

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

44°high
24km/h · peak gust
9%lowest humidity

It had gone 7 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

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

What happened to each town

  1. Domusnovas 5,865 inhabitants · 1.0 km from the centre where it started
    264 ha
    3.3 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance runs from the point marking the centre of each area to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

What burned

  • Sclerophyllous scrub87 %
  • Agricultural areas7.2 %
  • Other natural land5.7 %

Natura 2000 protected area affected: 96 %

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.

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)
16 Jul 44.0 °C 9 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
17 Jul after 44.0 °C 7 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
18 Jul after 43.0 °C 8 % 17 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 47
19 Jul after 44.2 °C 8 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 54
20 Jul after 44.5 °C 7 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 58
21 Jul after 43.7 °C 8 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very extreme 73
22 Jul after 40.5 °C 13 % 16 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 52
23 Jul after 39.0 °C 16 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 57
24 Jul after 35.7 °C 12 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 56
25 Jul after 38.3 °C 18 % 16 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 50
26 Jul after 34.8 °C 23 % 17 km/h 0.4 mm Very high 46

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 9 Jul 2026
After · 23 Jul 2026

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 19 July 2026 the air beside the fire reached 19 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 16: 1.1 times the WHO daily guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak19 µg/m³
Days over the guideline2 days
PM1066 µg/m³
Optical depth0.52
141516171819
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)

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Domusnovas fire last?
Copernicus dates it between 16 July 2026 and 16 July 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 264 hectares (2.6 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire only entered Domusnovas (264 ha, 3.3 %).
Did the fire reach a town?
The fire started in Domusnovas and came within 1.0 km of its centre. That is the distance from the perimeter, or the nearest hotspot, to the point marking the centre; it does not mean it entered the houses.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 44.0 °C, humidity dropped to 9 % and gusts hit 24 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 48, class Very high.
Where does this data come from?
From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Italy (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 · 1515 · Emergency number and official warnings ›

Satellite cross-check

History of this page Changes in area, dates, name, official record or merged pages, compared every night since 24 October 2026.

No changes since 24 October 2026.

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How we know this
  • Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
  • Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. No Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
  • We have not matched this page with any official record.
  • Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.

How we build fire pages: methodology ›

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 ADM4 (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License). 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.