How long did the Verín fire last?

Copernicus dates it between 22 July 2020 and 22 July 2020: 1 day between the first and last image with fire. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 22 July 2020 at 15:41 and declared extinguished on 26 July 2020.

How much area did it burn?

The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 165 hectares (1.6 km²). Official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire entered 2 municipalities: Verín (95 ha, 1.0 %); Vilardevós (71 ha, 0.5 %).

Did the fire reach a town?

The closest fire to a town centre came within 4.1 km of Verín. 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 32.0 °C, humidity dropped to 31 % and gusts hit 34 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 29, class High.

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.

ES · Spain · 2020-07-22 → 2020-07-22

Verín fire, July 2020 Verín, Vilardevós

Out · last measured on 22 Jul 2020

The fire started on 22 July 2020 in Verín, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 165 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 22 July 2020 at 15:41 and declared extinguished on 26 July 2020.

It is the 90th largest in Ourense since 2016 (of 118 with a page). Number 58 in Spain in 2020, of 89.

We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but the VIIRS sensors did not capture it in enough detail: no day-by-day evolution, but the split by municipality is there.

Burnt area: 165ha; Copernicus perimeter
Duration: 1day; 22 Jul 2020 – 22 Jul 2020
Municipalities hit: 2; municipalities
Started on: 22 Jul; 2020
Danger at start: 29; High · FWI index

The weather it burned in

32°high

34km/h · peak gust

31%lowest humidity

It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

10% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 17 ha in 2017.

17 ha Vilardevós fire, August 2017 1,360 ha in total; the hectares shown are those it shares with this fire

What happened to each town

Verín 13,956 inhabitants · 4.1 km from the town where it started

95 ha

1.0 %
Vilardevós 1,616 inhabitants · 6.3 km from the town

71 ha

0.5 %

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

Scrub and transitional woodland63 %
Other natural land35 %
Broadleaved forest2.4 %

Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.

Official record

According to EGIF (MITECO), this fire started on 22 July 2020 and burned 159 ha (the satellite measured 165 ha).

Verín Queirugás 22 July 2020 · 15:41 159 ha · extinguished on 26 July 2020 · cause: arson

MITECO, Estadística General de Incendios Forestales (EGIF). This is the agency’s consolidated statistic: it measures the area in its own way, which is why it can differ from the satellite.

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)
22 Jul	32.0 °C	31 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	High 29
23 Jul after	31.6 °C	31 %	39 km/h	0.0 mm	High 33
24 Jul after	28.9 °C	32 %	39 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
25 Jul after	29.4 °C	34 %	41 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
26 Jul after	32.1 °C	30 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	High 30
27 Jul after	32.4 °C	32 %	41 km/h	0.0 mm	High 36
28 Jul after	31.4 °C	36 %	33 km/h	0.0 mm	High 32
29 Jul after	33.3 °C	28 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	High 31
30 Jul after	33.7 °C	30 %	31 km/h	0.3 mm	High 35
31 Jul after	31.5 °C	24 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	High 38
1 Aug after	28.3 °C	41 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

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Before · 15 Jul 2020

After · 29 Jul 2020

Before After

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 · Copernicus

On 23 July 2020 the air beside the fire reached 15 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak15 µg/m³

Days over the guideline0 days

PM1026 µg/m³

WHO 15

202122232425

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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)

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Verín fire last?: Copernicus dates it between 22 July 2020 and 22 July 2020: 1 day between the first and last image with fire. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 22 July 2020 at 15:41 and declared extinguished on 26 July 2020.
How much area did it burn?: The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 165 hectares (1.6 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire entered 2 municipalities: Verín (95 ha, 1.0 %); Vilardevós (71 ha, 0.5 %).
Did the fire reach a town?: The closest fire to a town centre came within 4.1 km of Verín. 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 32.0 °C, humidity dropped to 31 % and gusts hit 34 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 29, class High.
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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EFFIS · Copernicus ↗

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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 (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.

Where it burned