Ponferrada fire, August 2025
The fire started on 9 August 2025 in Ponferrada, Spain, and burned for 13 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 26,241 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 7 municipalities.
Burnt area
26,241
hectares
Duration
13
days
Municipalities hit
7
Started on
9 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucillo | 9,112 | 55.2 % | |
| Ponferrada where it started | 6,090 | 21.5 % | |
| Castrillo de Cabrera | 5,784 | 49.9 % | |
| Benuza | 2,493 | 14.4 % | |
| Truchas | 1,894 | 6.3 % | |
| Santa Colomba de Somoza | 837 | 4.7 % | |
| Priaranza del Bierzo | 84 | 2.5 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Other natural land
74.4 %
Broadleaved forest
13.3 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
9.3 %
Coniferous forest
1.6 %
Agricultural areas
0.8 %
Mixed forest
0.6 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 30.1 %