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PT · Portugal · Belmonte · 312 inhabitants

Wildfires in Maçainhas

Maçainhas, Portugal, has had 3 fires with an official perimeter since 2018: 576 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 32% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 12).

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. Sat 24 Low 18° · 28 % · 21 km/h
  2. Sun 25 Moderate 20° · 46 % · 30 km/h
  3. Mon 26 Moderate 21° · 37 % · 35 km/h
  4. Tue 27 Moderate 18° · 49 % · 28 km/h
  5. Wed 28 Moderate 20° · 46 % · 31 km/h
  6. Thu 29 Low 19° · 45 % · 32 km/h
  7. Fri 30 Low 21° · 34 % · 22 km/h
  8. Sat 31 Moderate 20° · 39 % · 35 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
32 %
of its area
3
fires
18
km²

How many times has Maçainhas burned?

Maçainhas has burned 3 times since 2016, in 3 years: 2018, 2022 and 2026. The most recent: Sabugal fire, July 2026, with 3 hectares inside the municipality.

  1.   16
  2.   17
  3. 1× 18
  4.   19
  5.   20
  6.   21
  7. 1× 22
  8.   23
  9.   24
  10.   25
  11. 1× 26
3
fires
3
years with fire
576
cumulative ha
7 Jul 2026
most recent

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 Maçainhas

  1. 3 ha Sabugal fire, July 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 498 ha in total · 2 days
  2. 356 ha Guarda fire, 7 July 2022 19% of the municipality · 749 ha in total · 4 days
  3. 217 ha Guarda fire, August 2018 where it started 12% of the municipality · 374 ha in total · 3 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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