Garínoain fire, August 2016
The fire started on 25 August 2016 in Garínoain, Spain, and burned for 2 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 3,617 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 6 municipalities.
Burnt area
3,617
hectares
Duration
2
days
Municipalities hit
6
Started on
25 Aug
2016
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artajona | 969 | 14.4 % | |
| Pueyo | 888 | 42.1 % | |
| Añorbe | 744 | 31.1 % | |
| Garínoain where it started | 420 | 39.7 % | |
| Barásoain | 335 | 23.8 % | |
| Tafalla | 264 | 2.7 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Agricultural areas
62.2 %
Sclerophyllous scrub
23.2 %
Coniferous forest
5.4 %
Broadleaved forest
3.2 %
Other natural land
2.4 %
Mixed forest
1.4 %
Other land cover
1.1 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
1.1 %