Grado fire, March 2022 Grado, Yernes y Tameza
The fire started on 27 March 2022 in Grado, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 2 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 125 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 27 March 2022 at 14:12 and declared extinguished on 29 March 2022.
It is the 157th largest in Asturias since 2016 (of 225 with a page). Number 153 in Spain in 2022, of 194.
The power measured by the satellite is low (8.3 MW in the strongest hotspot), more typical of grass or stubble burning, or a slow surface fire, than of a large crown fire.
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- Burnt area
- 125ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 2days
- 27 Mar 2022 – 28 Mar 2022
- Municipalities hit
- 2
- municipalities
- Started on
- 27 Mar
- 2022
- Heat detections
- 3
- in a single hotspot: 8 MW
- Danger at start
- 0
- Very low · FWI index
- Average daily power
- 8MW
- detected power per day, on average
Where it burned
How it evolved, day by day
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
It had gone one day without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 2.7 mm on 29 Mar.
This area had burned before
2% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 2 ha in 2019.
What happened to each town
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Grado where it started125 ha reached on 27 Mar0.6 %
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Yernes y Tameza 9,681 inhabitants · 6.8 km from the centre1 ha0.0 %
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
- Other natural land100 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 93 %
- LIC Caldoveiro ES1200012
- ZEPA Ubiña-La Mesa ES0000315
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.
Official record
According to EGIF (MITECO), this fire started on 27 March 2022 and burned 128 ha (the satellite measured 125 ha).
- Grado 27 March 2022 · 14:12 128 ha · extinguished on 29 March 2022 · cause: arson
MITECO, Estadística General de Incendios Forestales (EGIF). This is the agency’s consolidated statistic: it measures the area in its own way, which is why it can differ from the satellite.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar | 16.3 °C | 52 % | 21 km/h | 0.4 mm | Very low 0 |
| 28 Mar | 15.9 °C | 49 % | 22 km/h | 1.2 mm | Very low 0 |
| 29 Mar after | 11.8 °C | 68 % | 28 km/h | 2.7 mm | Very low 0 |
Before and after, from space
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
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 · CopernicusOn 28 March 2022 the air beside the fire reached 29 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 19: 1.3 times the WHO daily guideline (15).
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)
Detections table · 3Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
|---|
Other fires nearby
- 973 haTineo27 March 2023 · 5 days · 14 km away
- 625 haSalasFebruary 2019 · 8 days · 14 km away
- 4,285 haVillablinoAugust 2025 · 11 days · 30 km away
- 9,722 haTineo28 March 2023 · 4 days · 38 km away
- 1,175 haTineo29 March 2023 · 3 days · 39 km away
- 810 haCangas del Narcea14 October 2017 · 3 days · 39 km away
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Grado fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 27 March 2022 and 28 March 2022: 2 days between the first and last image with fire. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 27 March 2022 at 14:12 and declared extinguished on 29 March 2022.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 125 hectares (1.2 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 2 municipalities: Grado (125 ha, 0.6 %); Yernes y Tameza (1 ha, 0.0 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The fire came within 6.8 km of the centre of Yernes y Tameza, the closest of the areas it touched. 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 16.3 °C, humidity dropped to 49 % and gusts hit 22 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 0, class Very low.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Spain (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 · 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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This page is built from satellite data and official records, and it sometimes gets things wrong: the wrong dates, the wrong town, two fires merged into one, or something that was not a wildfire at all. If you know this fire first-hand (you live nearby, saw it, fought it or reported on it), tell us what really happened and we will check it.
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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. 3 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
- Compared with EGIF (MITECO): 128 official ha against 125 ha of perimeter; they agree within 25%.
- Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
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 ADM3 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). 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.