Current fire events · checked against official sources 16 August 2026 at 09:47 UK time
Current Europe Wildfire Event Pages
Incident explainers for named wildfire events, with travel meaning, map links and official-source prompts.
Read these as explainers: event pages help you understand what an incident means for travellers, but official evacuation, road and emergency instructions always come from local authorities.
Read in depth
These events have a full written account: what happened, which places it reached, what it means for a trip already booked, and what the area is like afterwards. Written once and dated, so they stay useful long after the fire is out.
The Gironde fire: mass evacuations around Bordeaux
What happened at Saumos, and is the fire actually out?The Burgohondo fire: Ávila's record blaze and the Sierra Oeste
Where did this fire start, and how did it end up west of Madrid?The Castellón fire: the Serra d'Espadà burning behind the Costa del Azahar
Where did the fire start, and what do investigators think caused it?The San Cipriano del Condado fire: the N-621 and the Condado villages
What burned north-east of León, and when?The Veguellina fire: El Bierzo, the Camino and the A-6
What burned in El Bierzo at the end of July?Sicily and Sardinia fires: red alerts and island evacuations
Which fires actually mattered, and where were they?The Boeotia fire: from Xironomi down to the Gulf of Corinth
Where exactly is this fire, and how far is Athens?Gros Bessillon fire, inland Var
Why did a fire that was already out come back?Gargano peninsula fires, Puglia
What actually burned, and where?The A-66 fire at Casas de Millán: 800 people out for a night
What set fire to the hillside beside the A-66?Other active events
Use with the maps
Europe map
The broad view before choosing a country.Regional risk hub
Destination pages for Bordeaux, Gironde, Madrid and Valencia.Official sources hub
Where to verify alerts, roads, weather and emergency notices.Europe Fire Map is travel decision support, not an emergency service or an official incident feed. Conditions can change faster than this page. Follow local authorities, accommodation providers and emergency services first. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.