How long did the Pombeiro da Beira fire last?

According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 14 October 2017 to 23 October 2017 (10 days). The perimeter dates it from 14 October 2017 to 22 October 2017.

How much area did it burn?

The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 132,830 hectares (1,328.3 km²). Official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire entered 114 municipalities: Uni3O Das Freguesias De S (3,793 ha, 100 %); Seixo da Beira (3,367 ha, 100 %); Serpins (3,276 ha, 91 %); São Martinho da Cortiça (3,172 ha, 100 %); Pomares (3,164 ha, 100 %); Sobral (2,952 ha, 46 %); União das Freguesias de Ervedal e Vila Franca da Beira (2,846 ha, 99 %); União das freguesias de Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça (2,822 ha, 54 %); União das Freguesias de Ázere e Covelo (2,552 ha, 100 %); União das Freguesias de Vide e Cabeça (2,539 ha, 45 %); Santa Comba Dão e Couto de Mosteiro (2,517 ha, 93 %); Pombeiro da Beira (2,476 ha, 77 %).

Did the fire reach a town?

The fire started in Pombeiro da Beira and reached its centre: the point marking it was inside the burnt area or less than 500 metres from it. That does not mean houses burned.

What was the weather like?

During the fire the temperature reached 34.0 °C, humidity dropped to 18 % and gusts hit 56 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 49, class Very high.

Where does this data come from?

From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Portugal (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

PT · Portugal · 2017-10-14 → 2017-10-23

Pombeiro da Beira fire, October 2017 Uni3O Das Freguesias De S, Seixo da Beira, Serpins

Out · last detection 23 Oct 2017, 02:25 UTC

The fire started on 14 October 2017 in Pombeiro da Beira, Portugal, and satellites saw it burning for 10 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 132,830 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 114 municipalities.

The largest in Portugal in 2017, of 211.

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Burnt area: 132,830ha; Copernicus perimeter
Duration: 10days; 14 Oct 2017 – 23 Oct 2017
Municipalities hit: 114; freguesias
Started on: 14 Oct; 2017
Heat detections: 1,662; in a single hotspot: 2,432 MW
Danger at start: 28; High · FWI index
Average daily power: 9.2GW; detected power per day, on average

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 14 Oct23 Oct

Play back 23 Oct 2017

How it evolved, day by day

15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct

Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.

The weather it burned in

34°high

56km/h · peak gust

18%lowest humidity

It had gone 45 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 8.6 mm on 2 Nov.

This area had burned before

1% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 843 ha in 2016.

How big is it?

It burned the equivalent of 84% of the area of London (1,328 km² against 1,583 km²).

London boundary: geoBoundaries · Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).

This compares size, not location: both shapes are at the same scale, north up, centred on each other.

What happened to each town

Uni3O Das Freguesias De S

3,793 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Seixo da Beira 1,369 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

3,367 ha

100 %
Serpins 1,711 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

3,276 ha reached on 15 Oct

91 %
São Martinho da Cortiça 1,188 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

3,172 ha reached on 15 Oct

100 %
Pomares 431 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

3,164 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Sobral 2,189 inhabitants · 2.6 km from the centre

2,952 ha reached on 16 Oct

46 %
União das Freguesias de Ervedal e Vila Franca da Beira 465 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,846 ha

99 %
União das freguesias de Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça

2,822 ha reached on 16 Oct

54 %
União das Freguesias de Ázere e Covelo 826 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,552 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
União das Freguesias de Vide e Cabeça 570 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,539 ha reached on 16 Oct

45 %
Santa Comba Dão e Couto de Mosteiro 4,407 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,517 ha reached on 16 Oct

93 %
Pombeiro da Beira 903 inhabitants · fire reached the centre where it started

2,476 ha reached on 15 Oct

77 %
União das Freguesias de Tourais e Lajes 1,529 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,456 ha

94 %
Senhorim 1,019 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,392 ha

77 %
Barreiro de Besteiros

2,366 ha reached on 16 Oct

51 %
União das Freguesias de Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego e São Pedro de Alva e São Paio de Mondego 1,618 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,264 ha

100 %
Carregal do Sal 3,225 inhabitants · 0.5 km from the centre

2,203 ha reached on 16 Oct

61 %
Lajeosa do Dão 1,537 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,183 ha reached on 16 Oct

88 %
União das Freguesias de Ovoa e Vimieiro 1,480 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,133 ha reached on 16 Oct

95 %
Paranhos 1,265 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,117 ha

100 %
Covas e Vila Nova de Oliveirinha 1,232 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,047 ha

94 %
Friúmes e Paradela 813 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,037 ha reached on 16 Oct

92 %
São Miguel de Poiares 1,301 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

2,029 ha reached on 15 Oct

99 %
Treixedo e Nagozela 1,189 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,961 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Côja e Barril de Alva 1,563 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,948 ha reached on 15 Oct

80 %
Benfeita 372 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,881 ha reached on 15 Oct

86 %
Girabolhos 241 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,763 ha

98 %
Aldeia das Dez 474 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,745 ha reached on 16 Oct

94 %
Vila Cova de Alva e Anseriz 535 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,700 ha

100 %
União das freguesias de Cerdeira e Moura da Serra

1,621 ha reached on 16 Oct

88 %
Travanca de Lagos 1,124 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,597 ha

100 %
São João de Areias 1,721 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,581 ha reached on 16 Oct

74 %
Mouraz e Vila Nova da Rainha 1,293 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,561 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Nogueira do Cravo 2,168 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,500 ha

100 %
Mangualde, Mesquitela e Cunha Alta 9,858 inhabitants · 1.8 km from the centre

1,485 ha reached on 17 Oct

32 %
Penalva de Alva e São Sebastião da Feira 928 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,454 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Sameice e Santa Eulália 508 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,446 ha reached on 15 Oct

100 %
Lourosa 559 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,394 ha

100 %
Dardavaz 703 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,375 ha reached on 17 Oct

100 %
Silgueiros 2,021 inhabitants · 0.8 km from the centre

1,368 ha reached on 16 Oct

38 %
Oliveira do Hospital e São Paio de Gramaços 5,835 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,367 ha reached on 17 Oct

100 %
Lagos da Beira e Lajeosa 1,127 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,349 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Lagares 1,382 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,315 ha

100 %
Cunha Baixa 801 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,268 ha

83 %
Cabanas de Viriato 1,457 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,261 ha reached on 16 Oct

59 %
Travancinha 387 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,256 ha

100 %
Vila Nova do Ceira 931 inhabitants · 0.5 km from the centre

1,229 ha reached on 15 Oct

62 %
Lobão da Beira 1,002 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,217 ha reached on 16 Oct

87 %
Midões 1,574 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,208 ha

60 %
Pinheiro de Ázere 830 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,204 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
São Gião 341 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,180 ha reached on 16 Oct

81 %
Alvoco das Várzeas 314 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,163 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Oliveira do Conde 2,798 inhabitants · 1.0 km from the centre

1,162 ha reached on 16 Oct

33 %
Lavegadas 174 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,137 ha reached on 15 Oct

100 %
Tondela e Nandufe 5,215 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,116 ha reached on 16 Oct

70 %
União das Freguesias de Espariz e Sinde 859 inhabitants · 1.5 km from the centre

1,088 ha reached on 16 Oct

46 %
Espinho fire reached the centre

1,065 ha reached on 17 Oct

72 %
Tábua 3,682 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,061 ha reached on 16 Oct

42 %
Molelos 2,225 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

1,006 ha

66 %
Carragozela e Várzea de Meruge 548 inhabitants · 3.1 km from the centre

1,002 ha reached on 15 Oct

100 %
São Joaninho 1,014 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

959 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Carapinha 366 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

934 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
Poiares (Santo André) 4,113 inhabitants · 1.0 km from the centre

908 ha reached on 15 Oct

32 %
Beijós 814 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

890 ha reached on 16 Oct

72 %
Candosa 531 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

863 ha

76 %
Ferreirós do Dão 355 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

813 ha

100 %
Sandomil 745 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

811 ha reached on 16 Oct

61 %
Parada 744 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

800 ha reached on 16 Oct

69 %
Marmeleira 3,817 inhabitants · 1.4 km from the centre

796 ha

43 %
Nelas 4,636 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

778 ha

35 %
Tonda 893 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

756 ha reached on 16 Oct

100 %
União das freguesias de Santa Ovaia e Vila Pouca da Beira

753 ha

100 %
Torrozelo e Folhadosa 708 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

749 ha reached on 15 Oct

73 %
Meruge 490 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

728 ha

100 %
Avô 847 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

706 ha

100 %
União das Freguesias de Lousã e Vilarinho 2,893 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

676 ha reached on 15 Oct

9.3 %
Folques 342 inhabitants · 0.9 km from the centre

629 ha reached on 15 Oct

35 %
Bobadela 704 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

572 ha

100 %
Pinheiro de Coja e Meda de Mouros 443 inhabitants · 0.7 km from the centre

541 ha reached on 16 Oct

27 %
Santa Comba 725 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

530 ha

45 %
Piódão 120 inhabitants · 0.5 km from the centre

516 ha reached on 16 Oct

14 %
Canas de Santa Maria 1,607 inhabitants · 0.6 km from the centre

463 ha

33 %
Penacova 2,824 inhabitants · 2.3 km from the centre

417 ha

13 %
Castelões 1,415 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

393 ha

23 %
Cativelos 610 inhabitants · 0.7 km from the centre

384 ha

27 %
União das Freguesias de Santar e Moreira 1,411 inhabitants · 1.3 km from the centre

354 ha reached on 16 Oct

22 %
Foz de Arouce e Casal de Ermio 1,263 inhabitants · 2.8 km from the centre

314 ha reached on 15 Oct

16 %
Moimenta de Maceira Dão e Lobelhe do Mato 727 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

312 ha

44 %
Mouronho 755 inhabitants · 2.0 km from the centre

308 ha reached on 16 Oct

13 %
Sarzedo 636 inhabitants · 1.4 km from the centre

292 ha reached on 16 Oct

25 %
Vila Nova de Tazem 1,469 inhabitants · 1.5 km from the centre

285 ha

18 %
Canas de Senhorim 3,334 inhabitants · 2.4 km from the centre

266 ha

10 %
Santiago de Cassurrães e Póvoa de Cervães 1,218 inhabitants · 2.1 km from the centre

260 ha

8.6 %
Guardão 1,229 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

259 ha

14 %
Lapa do Lobo 682 inhabitants · 1.0 km from the centre

252 ha

34 %
Santiago 1,164 inhabitants · 1.3 km from the centre

207 ha reached on 15 Oct

28 %
Santiago de Besteiros 1,144 inhabitants · fire reached the centre

199 ha

12 %
Pinhanços 727 inhabitants · 1.2 km from the centre

194 ha

23 %
Carvalhal Redondo e Aguieira 1,371 inhabitants · 1.4 km from the centre

158 ha reached on 16 Oct

12 %
Arganil 3,827 inhabitants · 3.5 km from the centre

158 ha reached on 15 Oct

4.6 %
Cercosa 284 inhabitants · 2.0 km from the centre

158 ha

18 %
São João da Boa Vista 393 inhabitants · 2.2 km from the centre

152 ha

15 %
União das Freguesias de Sabugosa e São Miguel do Outeiro

114 ha

6.1 %
União das Freguesias de Seia, São Romão e Lapa dos Dinheiros

108 ha reached on 15 Oct

2.0 %
Fornos de Maceira Dão 1,308 inhabitants · 0.8 km from the centre

105 ha

6.5 %
Sazes da Beira 245 inhabitants · 1.1 km from the centre

82 ha

11 %
Campo de Besteiros 1,318 inhabitants · 1.4 km from the centre

63 ha

7.8 %
Póvoa de Midões 500 inhabitants · 1.4 km from the centre

58 ha reached on 16 Oct

6.0 %
Vilar Seco 668 inhabitants · 3.1 km from the centre

56 ha

5.5 %
Góis 1,874 inhabitants · 3.8 km from the centre

54 ha reached on 15 Oct

0.7 %
União das Freguesias de Vilar de Besteiros e Mosteiro de Fráguas 893 inhabitants · 1.8 km from the centre

35 ha

1.6 %
Arrifana 1,219 inhabitants · 3.3 km from the centre

28 ha reached on 15 Oct

1.2 %
Quintela de Azurara 506 inhabitants · 1.4 km from the centre

26 ha

2.7 %
Carvalho 677 inhabitants · 5.6 km from the centre

7 ha

0.2 %

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

Scrub and transitional woodland26 %
Agricultural areas26 %
Mixed forest22 %
Coniferous forest13 %
Broadleaved forest7.0 %
Other natural land3.0 %
Other land cover1.6 %
Artificial surfaces1.5 %

Natura 2000 protected area affected: 15 %

LIC Carregal do Sal PTCON0027
LIC Complexo do Açor PTCON0051
LIC Serra da Estrela PTCON0014
LIC Serra da Lousã PTCON0060

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.

People and buildings inside the perimeter

GHSL 2015

Built-up area1,819 ha

Residents≈ 73,000

Inside the perimeter there were about 1,819 hectares of built-up land and about 73,000 residents (GHSL 2015, satellite-based estimate).

This is an estimate on 100 m cells, made from satellite imagery and census data: it does not mean that homes burned or that anyone was harmed. The perimeter also contains land that never burned.

Source: Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-BUILT-S and GHS-POP R2023A), European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), © European Union, CC BY 4.0. Sum inside the perimeter computed by WorldFires. human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu

Official record

Several official records match this area

According to ICNF, 6 fires started inside this perimeter on these dates, totalling 106,104 ha (the satellite measured 132,830 ha). The two figures differ a lot, so these may not be exactly the same fire: take them as nearby records.

ICNF records each fire that started at a different time or place separately; the satellite sees a single burned area, so this page groups them together. The numbers on the map show where each one started.

When each one burned

1 7 ha 2 53,619 ha 3 11,808 ha 4 37,958 ha 5 10 ha 6 2,702 ha

9 Oct18 Oct

negligence arson rekindling cause unknown or not published

1 Mangualde Mangualde 9 October 2017 · 16:31 7 ha · extinguished on 9 October 2017 · cause: negligence
2 Lousã Vilarinho 15 October 2017 · 08:41 53,619 ha · extinguished on 17 October 2017 · cause: negligence
3 Seia Sandomil 15 October 2017 · 10:26 11,808 ha · extinguished on 17 October 2017 · cause: arson
4 Arganil Coja 15 October 2017 · 12:28 37,958 ha · extinguished on 18 October 2017 · cause: rekindling
5 Tondela Barreiro de Besteiros 15 October 2017 · 20:22 10 ha · extinguished on 16 October 2017
6 Seia Vide 15 October 2017 · 23:00 2,702 ha · extinguished on 17 October 2017 · cause: arson

Total according to ICNF: 106,104 ha, 80 % of the 132,830 ha in the satellite perimeter.

ICNF (Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas). This is the agency’s operational record: its figures may be revised when the year’s statistics are closed.

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)
14 Oct	30.8 °C	27 %	24 km/h	0.0 mm	High 28
15 Oct	34.0 °C	18 %	56 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 49
16 Oct	24.6 °C	36 %	40 km/h	1.0 mm	High 22
17 Oct	20.7 °C	46 %	44 km/h	21.3 mm	Very low 2
18 Oct	17.5 °C	66 %	38 km/h	13.9 mm	Very low 0
19 Oct	18.5 °C	77 %	30 km/h	0.2 mm	Very low 0
20 Oct	19.6 °C	95 %	28 km/h	5.1 mm	Very low 0
21 Oct	18.5 °C	64 %	35 km/h	1.1 mm	Very low 0
22 Oct	20.7 °C	44 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 2
23 Oct	24.3 °C	36 %	22 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 6
24 Oct after	26.5 °C	27 %	30 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 13
25 Oct after	26.3 °C	34 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 15
26 Oct after	27.4 °C	42 %	20 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 13
27 Oct after	30.3 °C	28 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 19
28 Oct after	27.6 °C	31 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 21
29 Oct after	25.7 °C	23 %	32 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 21
30 Oct after	23.6 °C	38 %	41 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 21
31 Oct after	23.9 °C	37 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 18
1 Nov after	21.7 °C	50 %	42 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 17
2 Nov after	19.1 °C	71 %	43 km/h	8.6 mm	Very low 0

Before and after, from space

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Detections table · 1,662Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Pombeiro da Beira fire last?: According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 14 October 2017 to 23 October 2017 (10 days). The perimeter dates it from 14 October 2017 to 22 October 2017.
How much area did it burn?: The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 132,830 hectares (1,328.3 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire entered 114 municipalities: Uni3O Das Freguesias De S (3,793 ha, 100 %); Seixo da Beira (3,367 ha, 100 %); Serpins (3,276 ha, 91 %); São Martinho da Cortiça (3,172 ha, 100 %); Pomares (3,164 ha, 100 %); Sobral (2,952 ha, 46 %); União das Freguesias de Ervedal e Vila Franca da Beira (2,846 ha, 99 %); União das freguesias de Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça (2,822 ha, 54 %); União das Freguesias de Ázere e Covelo (2,552 ha, 100 %); União das Freguesias de Vide e Cabeça (2,539 ha, 45 %); Santa Comba Dão e Couto de Mosteiro (2,517 ha, 93 %); Pombeiro da Beira (2,476 ha, 77 %).
Did the fire reach a town?: The fire started in Pombeiro da Beira and reached its centre: the point marking it was inside the burnt area or less than 500 metres from it. That does not mean houses burned.
What was the weather like?: During the fire the temperature reached 34.0 °C, humidity dropped to 18 % and gusts hit 56 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 49, class Very high.
Where does this data come from?: From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Portugal (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.

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How we know this

Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery; 4 polygons grouped in this page.
Dates adjusted with the VIIRS detections inside the perimeter, which said 14 October 2017 to 22 October 2017. 1,662 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
Compared with ICNF: 106,104 official ha against 132,830 ha of perimeter; similar, but with reservations.
Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
Built-up area and population come from the JRC Global Human Settlement Layer (epoch 2015, 100 m cells), summed inside the perimeter: an estimate of what was there, not a damage count.

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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 ADM3 (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication). 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.

Where it burned