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Pignataro Maggiore fire, June 2026 Pignataro Maggiore, Giano Vetusto

Out · last measured on 23 Sept 2026

The fire started on 11 June 2026 in Pignataro Maggiore, Italy, and satellites saw it burning for 105 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 107 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 62th largest in Caserta since 2016 (of 69 with a page). Number 220 in Italy in 2026, of 232.

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We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but not yet its hotspots: NASA publishes the yearly hotspot archive only once the year closes. The page picks it up automatically when it is available.

Burnt area
107ha
Copernicus perimeter
Duration
105days
11 Jun 2026 – 23 Sept 2026
Municipalities hit
2
municipalities
Started on
11 Jun
2026
Danger at start
14
Moderate · FWI index

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

38°high
50km/h · peak gust
19%lowest humidity

It had gone 7 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 13.2 mm on 25 Sept.

This area had burned before

89% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 61 ha in 2016, 23 ha in 2020, 65 ha in 2024. Part of it burned more than once, so the yearly figures add up to more than the 95 ha that had burned before.

What happened to each town

  1. Pignataro Maggiore 5,733 inhabitants · 1.0 km from the centre where it started
    65 ha
    2.0 %
  2. Giano Vetusto 638 inhabitants · 1.0 km from the centre
    43 ha
    3.9 %

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 %

Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.

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)
11 Jun 26.8 °C 50 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 14
12 Jun 27.2 °C 27 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
13 Jun 29.9 °C 30 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
14 Jun 28.3 °C 49 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
15 Jun 27.5 °C 49 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 16
16 Jun 30.3 °C 40 % 28 km/h 0.9 mm Moderate 13
17 Jun 31.5 °C 39 % 30 km/h 0.9 mm Moderate 14
18 Jun 33.5 °C 27 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 20
19 Jun 33.3 °C 33 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 21
20 Jun 33.9 °C 32 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
21 Jun 34.3 °C 33 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
22 Jun 33.3 °C 41 % 22 km/h 3.3 mm Low 6
23 Jun 32.8 °C 33 % 20 km/h 0.5 mm Moderate 16
24 Jun 33.3 °C 33 % 21 km/h 0.3 mm Moderate 20
25 Jun 33.7 °C 30 % 23 km/h 0.1 mm High 22
26 Jun 33.8 °C 36 % 21 km/h 0.3 mm High 24
27 Jun 35.7 °C 28 % 18 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
28 Jun 35.5 °C 32 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
29 Jun 36.0 °C 31 % 26 km/h 1.0 mm High 24
30 Jun 35.6 °C 28 % 35 km/h 1.9 mm Moderate 18
1 Jul 33.1 °C 40 % 34 km/h 0.6 mm High 22
2 Jul 26.8 °C 45 % 27 km/h 2.5 mm Low 7
3 Jul 31.2 °C 36 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
4 Jul 31.8 °C 23 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
5 Jul 32.4 °C 22 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
6 Jul 31.3 °C 33 % 32 km/h 0.3 mm High 29
7 Jul 31.8 °C 42 % 24 km/h 2.4 mm Low 10
8 Jul 30.4 °C 49 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
9 Jul 32.3 °C 43 % 18 km/h 0.2 mm Moderate 19
10 Jul 33.5 °C 25 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
11 Jul 33.6 °C 35 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
12 Jul 33.9 °C 31 % 23 km/h 0.1 mm High 27
13 Jul 35.0 °C 28 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
14 Jul 34.4 °C 38 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
15 Jul 35.2 °C 31 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
16 Jul 35.0 °C 47 % 35 km/h 0.2 mm High 26
17 Jul 35.3 °C 46 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
18 Jul 34.6 °C 48 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
19 Jul 34.4 °C 49 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
20 Jul 35.9 °C 38 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
21 Jul 35.4 °C 45 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
22 Jul 33.0 °C 34 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
23 Jul 32.4 °C 35 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
24 Jul 29.5 °C 28 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
25 Jul 31.4 °C 25 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
26 Jul 28.9 °C 45 % 50 km/h 19.3 mm Very low 4
27 Jul 31.5 °C 49 % 32 km/h 0.8 mm Low 10
28 Jul 34.2 °C 35 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 23
29 Jul 36.1 °C 28 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
30 Jul 36.3 °C 34 % 27 km/h 0.4 mm High 28
31 Jul 36.4 °C 34 % 22 km/h 1.2 mm High 22
1 Aug 35.9 °C 36 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
2 Aug 35.1 °C 47 % 31 km/h 3.3 mm Low 8
3 Aug 35.1 °C 40 % 30 km/h 1.6 mm Moderate 13
4 Aug 35.0 °C 38 % 27 km/h 0.6 mm Moderate 20
5 Aug 35.3 °C 36 % 31 km/h 1.6 mm Moderate 19
6 Aug 35.8 °C 32 % 27 km/h 1.0 mm Moderate 21
7 Aug 35.2 °C 40 % 31 km/h 1.0 mm Moderate 19
8 Aug 34.8 °C 45 % 26 km/h 1.4 mm Moderate 15
9 Aug 35.4 °C 35 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
10 Aug 35.8 °C 35 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
11 Aug 35.7 °C 36 % 31 km/h 1.2 mm Moderate 21
12 Aug 36.3 °C 30 % 31 km/h 0.8 mm High 26
13 Aug 36.5 °C 28 % 31 km/h 0.9 mm High 28
14 Aug 35.2 °C 28 % 19 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
15 Aug 34.8 °C 27 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
16 Aug 33.1 °C 46 % 32 km/h 1.3 mm Moderate 16
17 Aug 32.6 °C 48 % 37 km/h 1.3 mm Moderate 15
18 Aug 30.9 °C 44 % 24 km/h 9.1 mm Very low 4
19 Aug 32.6 °C 45 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 14
20 Aug 32.0 °C 49 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
21 Aug 30.8 °C 53 % 40 km/h 1.4 mm Low 10
22 Aug 32.1 °C 44 % 35 km/h 1.0 mm Moderate 16
23 Aug 33.7 °C 32 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
24 Aug 34.6 °C 30 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
25 Aug 31.2 °C 49 % 50 km/h 3.3 mm Low 9
26 Aug 34.1 °C 37 % 31 km/h 0.3 mm Moderate 20
27 Aug 36.9 °C 33 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
28 Aug 38.1 °C 22 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
29 Aug 34.5 °C 36 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
30 Aug 34.4 °C 37 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
31 Aug 33.1 °C 51 % 32 km/h 0.9 mm Moderate 18
1 Sept 33.9 °C 40 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm High 23
2 Sept 33.3 °C 36 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
3 Sept 33.1 °C 35 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
4 Sept 35.2 °C 23 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
5 Sept 33.9 °C 31 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
6 Sept 33.4 °C 38 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
7 Sept 34.8 °C 33 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
8 Sept 32.4 °C 45 % 30 km/h 0.4 mm High 26
9 Sept 31.3 °C 48 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
10 Sept 32.5 °C 33 % 37 km/h 0.2 mm High 28
11 Sept 29.1 °C 47 % 40 km/h 3.0 mm Low 8
12 Sept 30.3 °C 29 % 23 km/h 0.5 mm Moderate 20
13 Sept 29.0 °C 22 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
14 Sept 29.0 °C 23 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
15 Sept 29.5 °C 25 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
16 Sept 29.1 °C 35 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
17 Sept 28.4 °C 41 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
18 Sept 27.7 °C 57 % 23 km/h 1.7 mm Low 8
19 Sept 27.0 °C 47 % 31 km/h 0.7 mm Moderate 12
20 Sept 29.4 °C 34 % 21 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
21 Sept 29.3 °C 36 % 28 km/h 0.1 mm High 24
22 Sept 25.9 °C 33 % 42 km/h 0.9 mm High 22
23 Sept 24.9 °C 19 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
24 Sept after 25.8 °C 30 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
25 Sept after 24.5 °C 27 % 34 km/h 13.2 mm Very low 4

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 4 Jun 2026
After · 30 Sept 2026

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 9 June 2026 the air beside the fire reached 16 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak16 µg/m³
Days over the guideline0 days
PM1025 µg/m³
Optical depth0.21
91011121314
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 Pignataro Maggiore fire last?
According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 11 June 2026 to 23 September 2026 (105 days). The perimeter dates it from 11 June 2026 to 11 June 2026.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 107 hectares (1.1 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 2 municipalities: Pignataro Maggiore (65 ha, 2.0 %); Giano Vetusto (43 ha, 3.9 %).
Did the fire reach a town?
The fire started in Pignataro Maggiore and came within 1.0 km of its centre. 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 38.1 °C, humidity dropped to 19 % and gusts hit 50 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 36, class High.
Where does this data come from?
From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Italy (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 · 1515 · Emergency number and official warnings ›

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History of this page Changes in area, dates, name, official record or merged pages, compared every night since 24 October 2026.

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How we know this
  • Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
  • Dates adjusted with the VIIRS detections inside the perimeter, which said 11 June 2026 to 11 June 2026. No Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
  • We have not matched this page with any official record.
  • Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.

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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 ADM4 (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License). 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.