Vilamartín de Valdeorras fire, August 2025
The fire started on 14 August 2025 in Vilamartín de Valdeorras, Spain, and burned for 15 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 37,831 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 13 municipalities.
Burnt area
37,831
hectares
Duration
15
days
Municipalities hit
13
Started on
14 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiroga | 9,457 | 29.8 % | |
| Vilamartín de Valdeorras where it started | 7,594 | 85.8 % | |
| Oencia | 5,060 | 51.5 % | |
| O Barco de Valdeorras | 4,593 | 53.9 % | |
| Rubiá | 3,285 | 32.6 % | |
| A Rúa | 2,867 | 79.8 % | |
| Petín | 2,296 | 75.7 % | |
| O Bolo | 1,400 | 15.3 % | |
| Larouco | 1,060 | 44.8 % | |
| Carballeda de Valdeorras | 205 | 0.9 % | |
| Folgoso do Courel | 44 | 0.2 % | |
| Sobrado | 33 | 0.8 % | |
| A Veiga | 10 | 0.0 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Other natural land
59.3 %
Broadleaved forest
12.1 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
10.9 %
Coniferous forest
9.1 %
Agricultural areas
5.5 %
Mixed forest
2.5 %
Artificial surfaces
0.5 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 15.5 %