Murias de Paredes fire, August 2025
The fire started on 21 August 2025 in Murias de Paredes, Spain, and burned for 8 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 7,070 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 3 municipalities.
Burnt area
7,070
hectares
Duration
8
days
Municipalities hit
3
Started on
21 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murias de Paredes where it started | 4,150 | 20.5 % | |
| Igüeña | 2,580 | 12.5 % | |
| Palacios del Sil | 353 | 1.9 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Other natural land
72.8 %
Broadleaved forest
20.5 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
5.3 %
Agricultural areas
1.2 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 69.8 %