Espadaña fire, August 2025
The fire started on 13 August 2025 in Espadaña, Spain, and burned for 3 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 10,823 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 7 municipalities.
Burnt area
10,823
hectares
Duration
3
days
Municipalities hit
7
Started on
13 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villaseco de los Reyes | 2,974 | 21.8 % | |
| Puertas | 2,093 | 33.4 % | |
| Espadaña where it started | 1,980 | 50.0 % | |
| Cipérez | 1,494 | 14.3 % | |
| Tremedal de Tormes | 1,060 | 31.7 % | |
| Peralejos de Arriba | 681 | 20.7 % | |
| Villar de Peralonso | 559 | 17.5 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Agricultural areas
58.6 %
Other natural land
30.3 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
5.5 %
Sclerophyllous scrub
3.4 %
Broadleaved forest
2.2 %