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Wildfires in Candemil

Candemil, Portugal, has had 2 fires with an official perimeter since 2022: 576 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 48% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 15).

Only fires of 100 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Tue 3 Moderate 15° · 41 % · 54 km/h
  2. Wed 4 Moderate 14° · 37 % · 40 km/h
  3. Thu 5 Moderate 15° · 34 % · 19 km/h
  4. Fri 6 Very low 15° · 41 % · 24 km/h
  5. Sat 7 Very low 17° · 78 % · 30 km/h
  6. Sun 8 Very low 17° · 76 % · 50 km/h
  7. Mon 9 Very low 18° · 78 % · 70 km/h
  8. Tue 10 Very low 15° · 94 % · 55 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

576
hectares burned
48 %
of its area
2
fires
12
km²

How many times has Candemil burned?

Candemil has burned 2 times since 2016, in 2 years: 2022 and 2024. The most recent: União das Freguesias de Campelo e Ovil e Loivos do Monte fire, September 2024, with 229 hectares inside the municipality. Together they add up to 576 hectares burned inside the municipality, but the distinct burned area is 428 hectares, 36 % of its surface: part of it burned more than once.

  1.   16
  2.   17
  3.   18
  4.   19
  5.   20
  6.   21
  7. 1× 22
  8.   23
  9. 1× 24
  10.   25
  11.   26
2
fires
2
years with fire
576
cumulative ha
428
distinct ha

Fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Portugal →

Fires that entered Candemil

  1. 229 ha União das Freguesias de Campelo e Ovil e Loivos do Monte fire, September 2024 19% of the municipality · 6,845 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 347 ha Baião fire, 11 July 2022 29% of the municipality · 1,734 ha in total · 8 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/geoBoundaries, DG Territory (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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