Valdés fire, March 2023
The fire started on 28 March 2023 in Valdés, Spain, and burned for 4 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 9,722 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities.
Burnt area
9,722
hectares
Duration
4
days
Municipalities hit
2
Started on
28 Mar
2023
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valdés where it started | 8,324 | 23.5 % | |
| Tineo | 1,422 | 2.6 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Broadleaved forest
23.9 %
Other natural land
23.1 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
19.3 %
Mixed forest
17.0 %
Coniferous forest
13.5 %
Agricultural areas
3.2 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 0.3 %