El Paso fire, August 2016
The fire started on 3 August 2016 in El Paso, Spain, and burned for 5 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 4,629 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 4 municipalities.
Burnt area
4,629
hectares
Duration
5
days
Municipalities hit
4
Started on
3 Aug
2016
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso where it started | 2,400 | 17.6 % | |
| Fuencaliente de la Palma | 1,537 | 27.4 % | |
| Villa de Mazo | 602 | 8.5 % | |
| Los Llanos de Aridane | 109 | 3.0 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Coniferous forest
68.7 %
Other natural land
24.7 %
Sclerophyllous scrub
5.9 %
Agricultural areas
0.8 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 72.6 %