Pinofranqueado fire, May 2023
The fire started on 17 May 2023 in Pinofranqueado, Spain, and burned for 8 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 10,843 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 8 municipalities.
Burnt area
10,843
hectares
Duration
8
days
Municipalities hit
8
Started on
17 May
2023
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinofranqueado where it started | 6,002 | 40.8 % | |
| Torrecilla de los Ángeles | 1,694 | 39.0 % | |
| Hernán-Pérez | 1,116 | 31.1 % | |
| Descargamaría | 960 | 18.1 % | |
| Santibáñez el Alto | 793 | 8.0 % | |
| Cadalso | 217 | 30.0 % | |
| Robledillo de Gata | 80 | 2.6 % | |
| Caminomorisco | 3 | 0.0 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Sclerophyllous scrub
39.1 %
Coniferous forest
32.4 %
Other natural land
15.6 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
10.4 %
Agricultural areas
2.4 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 37.0 %