Villablino fire, August 2025
The fire started on 9 August 2025 in Villablino, Spain, and burned for 4 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 4,285 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 3 municipalities.
Burnt area
4,285
hectares
Duration
4
days
Municipalities hit
3
Started on
9 Aug
2025
The burnt perimeter
What happened to each town
| Municipality | Hectares | % of its area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villablino where it started | 1,767 | 7.7 % | |
| Cangas del Narcea | 1,727 | 2.1 % | |
| Somiedo | 800 | 2.8 % |
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries.
What burned
Other natural land
89.8 %
Broadleaved forest
8.4 %
Scrub and transitional woodland
1.3 %
Agricultural areas
0.5 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 100.0 %