Wildfires in Lousã
Lousã, Portugal: 4 fires with a page have entered 3 of its 4 freguesias since 2016, burning 7,422 hectares inside the region. The largest was Pombeiro da Beira in October 2017, with 4,267 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 16).
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
- 7,422ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 52%
- 142 km²
- fires
- 4
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 3
- of 4
- Largest fire
- 4,267ha
- Pombeiro da Beira · October 2017
- Inhabitants
- 6,978
- 1,063.6 ha burned per thousand inhabitants
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Sun 1 Moderate 24° · 36 % · 29 km/h
- Mon 2 Moderate 20° · 37 % · 35 km/h
- Tue 3 Moderate 18° · 37 % · 43 km/h
- Wed 4 Moderate 17° · 37 % · 34 km/h
- Thu 5 Moderate 17° · 36 % · 31 km/h
- Fri 6 Very low 18° · 44 % · 21 km/h
- Sat 7 Very low 22° · 51 % · 29 km/h
- Sun 8 Very low 21° · 54 % · 42 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Serpins 1,711 inhabitants 3,772 ha · 1.0×
- União das Freguesias de Lousã e Vilarinho 2,893 inhabitants 3,173 ha · 44 %
- Foz de Arouce e Casal de Ermio 1,263 inhabitants 476 ha · 24 %
What burns in the region
- Scrub and transitional woodland27 %
- Agricultural areas25 %
- Mixed forest22 %
- Coniferous forest13 %
- Broadleaved forest7.5 %
- Other natural land3.0 %
- Other land cover1.5 %
- Artificial surfaces1.5 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 3×Serpins3,772 ha
- 2×União das Freguesias de Lousã e Vilarinho3,173 ha
- 2×Foz de Arouce e Casal de Ermio476 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 4,267 haPombeiro da BeiraOctober 2017 · 10 days of 132,830 ha in total
- 2,895 haLousã União das Freguesias de Lousã e VilarinhoAugust 2025 · 5 days of 3,388 ha in total
- 162 haCoimbra União das Freguesias de Semide e Rio Vide e CeiraAugust 2017 · 3 days of 1,894 ha in total
- 98 haVila Nova de Poiares LavegadasSeptember 2026 · 1 day of 562 ha in total
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 98 | Vila Nova de Poiares 98 ha |
| 2025 | 1 | 2,895 | Lousã 2,895 ha |
| 2017 | 2 | 4,429 | Pombeiro da Beira 4,267 ha |
All fires in Lousã · 4
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 98 haVila Nova de Poiares LavegadasSeptember 2026 · 1 day of 562 ha in total
- 2,895 haLousã União das Freguesias de Lousã e VilarinhoAugust 2025 · 5 days of 3,388 ha in total
- 4,267 haPombeiro da BeiraOctober 2017 · 10 days of 132,830 ha in total
- 162 haCoimbra União das Freguesias de Semide e Rio Vide e CeiraAugust 2017 · 3 days of 1,894 ha in total
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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