Wildfires in Nelas
Nelas, Portugal: 8 fires with a page have entered 7 of its 7 freguesias since 2016, burning 8,734 hectares inside the region. The largest was Pombeiro da Beira in October 2017, with 4,258 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 19).
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
- 8,734ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 81%
- 108 km²
- fires
- 8
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 7
- of 7
- Largest fire
- 4,258ha
- Pombeiro da Beira · October 2017
- Inhabitants
- 13,121
- 665.6 ha burned per thousand inhabitants
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Sat 31 Moderate 22° · 38 % · 26 km/h
- Sun 1 Moderate 22° · 26 % · 34 km/h
- Mon 2 Moderate 19° · 39 % · 40 km/h
- Tue 3 High 16° · 39 % · 50 km/h
- Wed 4 Moderate 15° · 36 % · 32 km/h
- Thu 5 Moderate 16° · 36 % · 36 km/h
- Fri 6 Moderate 18° · 40 % · 24 km/h
- Sat 7 Very low 18° · 72 % · 27 km/h
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The municipalities that burned most
- Senhorim 1,019 inhabitants 4,823 ha · 1.5×
- Nelas 4,636 inhabitants 1,433 ha · 65 %
- Canas de Senhorim 3,334 inhabitants 1,093 ha · 43 %
- Lapa do Lobo 682 inhabitants 816 ha · 1.1×
- União das Freguesias de Santar e Moreira 1,411 inhabitants 354 ha · 22 %
- Carvalhal Redondo e Aguieira 1,371 inhabitants 158 ha · 12 %
- Vilar Seco 668 inhabitants 56 ha · 5.5 %
What burns in the region
- Scrub and transitional woodland29 %
- Agricultural areas25 %
- Mixed forest20 %
- Coniferous forest13 %
- Broadleaved forest6.5 %
- Other natural land3.4 %
- Other land cover1.5 %
- Artificial surfaces1.4 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 5×Senhorim4,823 ha
- 4×Canas de Senhorim1,093 ha
- 4×Lapa do Lobo816 ha
- 3×Nelas1,433 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 4,258 haPombeiro da BeiraOctober 2017 · 10 days of 132,830 ha in total
- 1,822 haNelas Seixo da BeiraSeptember 2024 · 6 days of 6,124 ha in total
- 1,111 haNelas SenhorimAugust 2023 · 2 days
- 784 haSenhorimAugust 2016 · 3 days of 1,132 ha in total
- 604 haSenhorimSeptember 2024 · 3 days of 811 ha in total
- 138 haCanas de SenhorimOctober 2017 · 1 day
- 13 haMangualde EspinhoAugust 2017 · 1 day of 101 ha in total
- 4 haOliveira do Hospital União das Freguesias de Ervedal e Vila Franca da BeiraSeptember 2025 · 2 days of 616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | Oliveira do Hospital 4 ha |
| 2024 | 2 | 2,427 | Nelas 1,822 ha |
| 2023 | 1 | 1,111 | Nelas 1,111 ha |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,409 | Pombeiro da Beira 4,258 ha |
| 2016 | 1 | 784 | Senhorim 784 ha |
All fires in Nelas · 8
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 4 haOliveira do Hospital União das Freguesias de Ervedal e Vila Franca da BeiraSeptember 2025 · 2 days of 616 ha in total
- 604 haSenhorimSeptember 2024 · 3 days of 811 ha in total
- 1,822 haNelas Seixo da BeiraSeptember 2024 · 6 days of 6,124 ha in total
- 1,111 haNelas SenhorimAugust 2023 · 2 days
- 4,258 haPombeiro da BeiraOctober 2017 · 10 days of 132,830 ha in total
- 138 haCanas de SenhorimOctober 2017 · 1 day
- 13 haMangualde EspinhoAugust 2017 · 1 day of 101 ha in total
- 784 haSenhorimAugust 2016 · 3 days of 1,132 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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