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Larouco fire, June 2022 Larouco

Out · last measured on 16 Jun 2022

The fire started on 16 June 2022 in Larouco, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 144 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 16 June 2022 at 07:26 and declared extinguished on 18 June 2022.

It is the 96th largest in Ourense since 2016 (of 118 with a page). Number 130 in Spain in 2022, of 196.

We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but the VIIRS sensors did not capture it in enough detail: no day-by-day evolution, but the split by municipality is there.

Burnt area
144ha
Copernicus perimeter
Duration
1day
16 Jun 2022 – 16 Jun 2022
Municipalities hit
1
municipalities
Started on
16 Jun
2022
Danger at start
1
Very low · FWI index
Natura 2000
15%
of the perimeter is protected land

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

30°high
45km/h · peak gust
47%lowest humidity

It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 1.0 mm on 17 Jun.

This area had burned before

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

What happened to each town

  1. Larouco 484 inhabitants · 1.6 km from the town where it started
    144 ha
    6.1 %

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

What burned

  • Scrub and transitional woodland63 %
  • Agricultural areas20 %
  • Other natural land17 %

Natura 2000 protected area affected: 15 %

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 16 June 2022 and burned 140 ha (the satellite measured 144 ha).

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)
16 Jun 29.6 °C 47 % 45 km/h 7.1 mm Very low 1
17 Jun after 29.5 °C 45 % 43 km/h 1.0 mm Very low 4

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 9 Jun 2022
After · 23 Jun 2022

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 17 June 2022 the air beside the fire reached 25 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 19: 1.3 times the WHO daily guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak25 µg/m³
Days over the guideline2 days
PM1075 µg/m³
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 Larouco fire last?
Copernicus dates it between 16 June 2022 and 16 June 2022: 1 day between the first and last image with fire. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 16 June 2022 at 07:26 and declared extinguished on 18 June 2022.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 144 hectares (1.4 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire only entered Larouco (144 ha, 6.1 %).
Did the fire reach a town?
The closest fire to a town centre came within 1.6 km of Larouco. That is the distance to the perimeter or nearest hotspot; it does not mean it entered the houses.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 29.6 °C, humidity dropped to 47 % and gusts hit 45 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 1, 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

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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.