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Wildfires in Chaves

Chaves, Portugal: 19 fires with a page have entered 29 of its 39 freguesias since 2016, burning 16,248 hectares inside the region. The largest was Vilarelho Da Raia in August 2025, with 3,489 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 13).

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

hectares burned
16,248ha
Since 2016
Of the region
29%
563 km²
fires
19
Since 2016
municipalities with fire
29
of 39
Largest fire
3,489ha
Vilarelho Da Raia · August 2025
Inhabitants
21,577
753.0 ha burned per thousand inhabitants

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sat 31 Low 20° · 42 % · 15 km/h
  2. Sun 1 Moderate 20° · 25 % · 14 km/h
  3. Mon 2 Moderate 20° · 26 % · 16 km/h
  4. Tue 3 Moderate 14° · 42 % · 28 km/h
  5. Wed 4 Moderate 12° · 41 % · 21 km/h
  6. Thu 5 Moderate 14° · 38 % · 22 km/h
  7. Fri 6 Moderate 14° · 42 % · 16 km/h
  8. Sat 7 Very low 13° · 69 % · 14 km/h

Click a perimeter to see which fire it is

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Which months burn

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Hectares burned inside the region by starting month, adding all years since 2016.

The municipalities that burned most

  1. Ervededo 595 inhabitants 2,040 ha · 1.0×
  2. Vilela Seca 238 inhabitants 1,837 ha · 1.3×
  3. Lama de Arcos 291 inhabitants 1,295 ha · 95 %
  4. Outeiro Seco 849 inhabitants 1,151 ha · 75 %
  5. Bustelo 1,102 ha · 1.1×
  6. Vilarelho Da Raia 1,098 ha · 60 %
  7. Águas Frias 607 inhabitants 1,075 ha · 37 %
  8. Santo António de Monforte 397 inhabitants 1,045 ha · 87 %
  9. Soutelo e Seara Velha 461 inhabitants 1,018 ha · 57 %
  10. Mairos 271 inhabitants 750 ha · 64 %
  11. Redondelo 455 inhabitants 720 ha · 38 %
  12. São Pedro de Agostém 1,323 inhabitants 626 ha · 23 %

What burns in the region

  • Agricultural areas39 %
  • Other natural land26 %
  • Scrub and transitional woodland25 %
  • Mixed forest3.7 %
  • Coniferous forest3.4 %
  • Broadleaved forest1.7 %
  • Artificial surfaces0.9 %

Municipalities that burn again and again

Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.

Largest recorded fires

Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.

Year by year

Yearfireshectares burnedLargest of the year
202632,230 Chaves 1,084 ha
202524,070 Vilarelho Da Raia 3,489 ha
202431,479 Chaves 1,325 ha
202233,991 Chaves 3,128 ha
202032,969 Chaves 2,795 ha
2019121 Friões 21 ha
201741,487 Chaves 516 ha

All fires in Chaves · 19

Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Wikipedia (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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