Navaconcejo fire, August 2025
The fire started on 13 August 2025 in Navaconcejo, Spain, and burned for 9 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 17,317 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 18 municipalities.
Burnt area
17,317
hectares
Duration
9
days
Municipalities hit
18
Started on
13 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabezabellosa | 2,391 | 71.0 % | |
| Hervás | 2,333 | 38.8 % | |
| Navaconcejo where it started | 2,116 | 41.3 % | |
| Cabezuela del Valle | 1,715 | 30.2 % | |
| Jerte | 1,608 | 27.3 % | |
| Jarilla | 1,506 | 52.7 % | |
| Gargantilla | 1,080 | 52.0 % | |
| Casas del Monte | 1,063 | 38.6 % | |
| Villar de Plasencia | 695 | 27.8 % | |
| Tornavacas | 550 | 7.2 % | |
| Oliva de Plasencia | 445 | 5.0 % | |
| El Torno | 416 | 18.9 % | |
| Segura de Toro | 406 | 26.8 % | |
| Plasencia | 335 | 1.5 % | |
| Rebollar | 292 | 25.2 % | |
| Candelario | 235 | 3.9 % | |
| La Garganta | 89 | 3.7 % | |
| Valdastillas | 74 | 9.0 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Other natural land
42.5 %
Sclerophyllous scrub
29.9 %
Broadleaved forest
11.4 %
Agricultural areas
9.4 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
5.3 %
Coniferous forest
1.4 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 85.2 %