Trabadelo fire, June 2026 Trabadelo, Villafranca del Bierzo
The fire started on 25 June 2026 in Trabadelo, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 361 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities.
It is the 35th largest in León since 2016 (of 86 with a page). Number 67 in Spain in 2026, of 195.
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- Burnt area
- 361ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 1day
- 25 Jun 2026 – 25 Jun 2026
- Municipalities hit
- 2
- municipalities
- Started on
- 25 Jun
- 2026
- Heat detections
- 36
- in a single hotspot: 45 MW
- Danger at start
- 4
- Very low · FWI index
- Average daily power
- 469MW
- detected power per day, on average
Where it burned
How it evolved, day by day
25 Jun 2026 · 469 MW · 27
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.
This area had burned before
No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.
What happened to each town
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198 ha reached on 25 Jun2.8 %
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Villafranca del Bierzo 2,591 inhabitants · 7.7 km from the town164 ha reached on 25 Jun0.9 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.
What burned
- Other natural land96 %
- Broadleaved forest3.9 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 46 %
- ZEPA + LIC Sierra de los Ancares ES4130010
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.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun | 20.6 °C | 51 % | 53 km/h | 3.3 mm | Very low 4 |
| 26 Jun after | 23.1 °C | 36 % | 37 km/h | 0.1 mm | Low 10 |
| 27 Jun after | 23.1 °C | 46 % | 42 km/h | 0.5 mm | Moderate 12 |
| 28 Jun after | 19.5 °C | 52 % | 37 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 13 |
| 29 Jun after | 25.1 °C | 34 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 16 |
| 30 Jun after | 25.2 °C | 35 % | 33 km/h | 0.0 mm | Moderate 18 |
| 1 Jul after | 24.6 °C | 30 % | 44 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 23 |
| 2 Jul after | 28.3 °C | 22 % | 44 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 28 |
| 3 Jul after | 30.3 °C | 19 % | 29 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 29 |
| 4 Jul after | 30.8 °C | 18 % | 25 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 29 |
| 5 Jul after | 31.5 °C | 13 % | 27 km/h | 0.0 mm | High 35 |
Before and after, from space
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
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 · CopernicusOn 27 June 2026 the air beside the fire reached 528 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 145: 9.7 times the WHO daily guideline (15).
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)
Detections table · 36Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
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Other fires nearby
- 2,434 haPeranzanesSeptember 2016 · 7 days · 24 km away
- 4,416 haPuente de Domingo FlórezAugust 2025 · 4 days · 29 km away
- 8,001 haAnllares del Sil Páramo del SilAugust 2025 · 5 days · 31 km away
- 37,831 haLarouco Vilamartín de ValdeorrasAugust 2025 · 15 days · 32 km away
- 13,989 haFolgoso do CourelJuly 2022 · 10 days · 33 km away
- 12,735 haCarballeda de ValdeorrasJuly 2022 · 8 days · 33 km away
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Trabadelo fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 25 June 2026 and 25 June 2026: 1 day between the first and last image with fire.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 361 hectares (3.6 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 2 municipalities: Trabadelo (198 ha, 2.8 %); Villafranca del Bierzo (164 ha, 0.9 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The closest fire to a town centre came within 3.7 km of Trabadelo. That is the distance to the perimeter or nearest hotspot; it does not mean it entered the houses.
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 20.6 °C, humidity dropped to 51 % and gusts hit 53 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 4, class Very low.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Spain (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
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This page is built from satellite data and official records, and it sometimes gets things wrong: the wrong dates, the wrong town, two fires merged into one, or something that was not a wildfire at all. If you know this fire first-hand (you live nearby, saw it, fought it or reported on it), tell us what really happened and we will check it.
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How we know this
- Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
- Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. 36 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.
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 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). 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.