Leciñena fire, June 2026 Leciñena, Robres, Torralba de Aragón
The fire started on 30 June 2026 in Leciñena, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 2,830 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 4 municipalities.
It is the 4th largest in Zaragoza since 2016 (of 18 with a page). Number 14 in Spain in 2026, of 195.
- Burnt area
- 2,830ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 1day
- 30 Jun 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Municipalities hit
- 4
- municipalities
- Started on
- 30 Jun
- 2026
- Heat detections
- 87
- in a single hotspot: 139 MW
- Danger at start
- 33
- High · FWI index
- Average daily power
- 1.7GW
- detected power per day, on average
Where it burned
How it evolved, day by day
1 Jul 2026 · 1,706 MW · 76
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.
This area had burned before
No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.
What happened to each town
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1,375 ha reached on 1 Jul7.7 %
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Robres 524 inhabitants · 2.0 km from the town1,330 ha reached on 1 Jul21 %
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Torralba de Aragón 105 inhabitants · 6.2 km from the town100 ha reached on 1 Jul2.4 %
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Alcubierre 401 inhabitants · 2.5 km from the town26 ha0.2 %
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
- Agricultural areas53 %
- Coniferous forest33 %
- Sclerophyllous scrub8.4 %
- Scrub and transitional woodland5.1 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 93 %
- ZEPA Sierra de Alcubierre ES0000295
- LIC Sierras de Alcubierre y Sigena ES2410076
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.
Checked against the press
Checked on 30 September 2026We checked this page against 4 sources published once the fire was out. This is what they add:
- Also known as
- incendio forestal de Leciñena · incendio de Leciñena (Zaragoza) · incendio Sierra de Alcubierre
- Official area reported: 3,100 ha (the satellite measured 2,830 ha)
- Declared stabilised: 3 July 2026
Sources
- El incendio de Leciñena pasa a Situacion Operativa 0 Nivel 0 tras consolidar su evolucion favorable — Aragon Hoy (Gobierno de Aragon), 4 July 2026 · official source
- Leciñena, Robres y Alcubierre empiezan a respirar — Aragon Digital, 4 July 2026
- Estabilizado el incendio forestal en Leciñena tras arrasar 3.100 hectareas — eldiario.es Aragon, 3 July 2026
- Aragon da por estabilizado el grave incendio de Leciñena y la UME se retira — El Español (Aragon), 3 July 2026
Official figures are measured differently from satellite ones and sometimes cover only part of the fire.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun | 32.1 °C | 15 % | 49 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 33 |
| 1 Jul after | 27.9 °C | 26 % | 63 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 51 |
| 2 Jul after | 31.8 °C | 19 % | 46 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 41 |
| 3 Jul after | 33.4 °C | 22 % | 50 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 33 |
| 4 Jul after | 33.9 °C | 17 % | 40 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 25 |
| 5 Jul after | 35.5 °C | 15 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 30 |
| 6 Jul after | 37.7 °C | 9 % | 28 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 34 |
| 7 Jul after | 39.3 °C | 9 % | 66 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very high 40 |
| 8 Jul after | 37.0 °C | 14 % | 54 km/h | 0.1 mm | Very high 44 |
| 9 Jul after | 38.5 °C | 12 % | 33 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 60 |
| 10 Jul after | 36.3 °C | 11 % | 51 km/h | 1.0 mm | Extreme 56 |
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 3 July 2026 the air beside the fire reached 17 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO 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 · 87Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
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Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Leciñena fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 30 June 2026 and 30 June 2026: 1 day between the first and last image with fire.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 2,830 hectares (28.3 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 4 municipalities: Leciñena (1,375 ha, 7.7 %); Robres (1,330 ha, 21 %); Torralba de Aragón (100 ha, 2.4 %); Alcubierre (26 ha, 0.2 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The closest fire to a town centre came within 2.0 km of Robres. 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 32.1 °C, humidity dropped to 15 % and gusts hit 49 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 33, class High.
- 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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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. 87 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
- We have not matched this page with any official record.
- Checked against news and agencies: 4 confirmed sources.
- 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.