Puebla de Arenoso fire, March 2023
The fire started on 23 March 2023 in Puebla de Arenoso, Spain, and burned for 6 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 4,604 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 7 municipalities.
Burnt area
4,604
hectares
Duration
6
days
Municipalities hit
7
Started on
23 Mar
2023
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puebla de Arenoso where it started | 1,610 | 37.8 % | |
| Montanejos | 1,016 | 26.9 % | |
| Montán | 752 | 22.1 % | |
| San Agustín | 725 | 12.8 % | |
| Fuente la Reina | 239 | 31.8 % | |
| Olba | 172 | 8.2 % | |
| Villanueva de Viver | 97 | 15.6 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Coniferous forest
56.6 %
Sclerophyllous scrub
22.4 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
10.6 %
Agricultural areas
5.9 %
Mixed forest
2.9 %
Other natural land
1.1 %
Broadleaved forest
0.6 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 80.5 %