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Wildfires in Paul

Paul, Portugal: 4 fires since 2017 burned 2,580 hectares inside its boundaries, 1.1 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. 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. Thu 29 Moderate 22° · 35 % · 23 km/h
  2. Fri 30 Moderate 21° · 41 % · 15 km/h
  3. Sat 31 Moderate 21° · 38 % · 24 km/h
  4. Sun 1 Moderate 21° · 35 % · 19 km/h
  5. Mon 2 Moderate 18° · 34 % · 24 km/h
  6. Tue 3 Moderate 17° · 20 % · 42 km/h
  7. Wed 4 Moderate 15° · 36 % · 42 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

2,580
hectares burned
1.1×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
4
fires
24
km²

How many times has Paul burned?

Paul has burned 4 times since 2016, in 2 years: 2017 and 2025. The most recent: Arganil fire, August 2025, with 1,981 hectares inside the municipality. Together they add up to 2,580 hectares burned inside the municipality, but the distinct burned area is 1,996 hectares, 84 % of its surface: part of it burned more than once.

  1.   16
  2. 3× 17
  3.   18
  4.   19
  5.   20
  6.   21
  7.   22
  8.   23
  9.   24
  10. 1× 25
  11.   26
4
fires
2
years with fire
2,580
cumulative ha
1,996
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 Paul

  1. 1,981 ha Arganil fire, August 2025 83% of the municipality · 68,190 ha in total · 15 days
  2. 155 ha Castelejo fire, September 2017 6.5% of the municipality · 2,434 ha in total · 2 days
  3. 406 ha Covilhã fire, September 2017 17% of the municipality · 737 ha in total · 3 days
  4. 37 ha Covilhã fire, July 2017 1.6% of the municipality · 413 ha in total · 2 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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