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Spain Fire & Heat Status

Live picture: 117 deduped satellite heat locations in the last 24 h; 44 orange weather alerts in force. Spain regularly tops western Europe's satellite fire counts in high summer, and mass evacuations during major fires are a real pattern. AEMET publishes heat warnings daily; 112 works everywhere.

117deduped satellite heat locations, last 24 h
19areas under fire warning
0red weather alerts live
44orange weather alerts live
330yellow weather alerts live

Current Spain fire and travel warnings

amberMadrid Sierra Oeste is in recovery: avoid burn zones, reservoir routes and damaged roads until 112/DGT clear them redCastellón (Serra d'Espadà) remains out of control with thousands evacuated — avoid inland routes, follow 112 Comunitat Valenciana amberEl Bierzo (León): satellite heat cluster near Vega de Espinareda — verify before Camino or rural routes, not a confirmed emergency amberCáceres: the A-66 is open again after the Casas de Millán fire and the villages are unconfined, but the local CC-167 is still closed redMadrid: active fire. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel redLeón (east): active fire. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel redArribes del Duero (Zamora & Salamanca): active fire. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel amberTaboada (Lugo): under control, not out. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel redLa Fueva and the Sobrarbe valleys: active fire. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel redNiebla and Villarrasa: active fire. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel amberViana de Cega: under control, not out. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel redLas Peñas de Riglos: active fire. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel amberSierra de Elgea: under control, not out. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel redLlanteno and the Aiara valley: active fire. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel amberMonasterio de Rodilla: under control, not out. Check routes, smoke and official sources before you travel amberSpain: 3 areas with no fresh evidence in 3+ days — last confirmed dates on the regional risk hub

These are the same editorial warnings used on the home page, shown here beside the live country map so the map, country page and incident pages do not drift apart.

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Satellite heat detection, last 24 h Official incident matched Reference city
NASA VIIRS + MODIS heat detections from multiple satellites, 24 h to 16 August at 09:45 UK time, clustered — refreshed daily. A detection is a satellite heat signature, usually fire. Mainland & Balearics shown; Canary Islands not on this crop.

Live hotspot list

Tap any hotspot below to show it on the map. Official incident matches are shown where available; unmatched areas remain satellite heat clusters from the last 24 h, grouped by nearest locality, strongest first. The heat may be in countryside or industrial land outside the named place.

Jaca4 areas · extreme heat signal
Berja1 area · very strong heat signal
Puebla de Sanabria1 area · very strong heat signal
Villarrubia de los Ojos1 area · moderate heat signal
Lloret de Mar1 area · moderate heat signal
Morata de Tajuña1 area · low heat signal
Nerva1 area · low heat signal
Tui1 area · low heat signal
Punta Umbría1 area · low heat signal
Añover de Tajo1 area · low heat signal
Vilafranca del Penedès1 area · low heat signal
San Vicent del Raspeig1 area · low heat signal
Campo de Caso1 area · low heat signal
Sant Vicenç dels Horts1 area · low heat signal
Monda1 area · low heat signal

Major wildfires in Spain right now

Active fireUpdated 16 August at 01:00 (9h ago)

The Niebla fire has stopped advancing, but eleven roads were cut in Huelva and Sevilla at the last count

The fire to know about is in Huelva. It was declared on Thursday 6 August at the Raboconejo site near Niebla, and the Junta de Andalucía raised it to operational level 2 of the INFOCA plan, the level that says ordinary resources are not enough and that brought in the army's emergency unit. It was still at level 2 this morning, with most of the perimeter now without an active front and the remaining work concentrated on the eastern sector. On 14 August it passed the Riotinto fire to become the most destructive on Andalusia's records, and the regional government said on 15 August that it had gone a whole night without advancing for the first time. The list moves with the fire, so check the DGT map on the day.

People are going home in batches. Overnight into 15 August, 114 residents were allowed back into four scattered settlements of Zalamea la Real: El Pozuelo, El Membrillo Alto, Las Delgadas and Montesorromero. That follows 60 who went back the day before. Eleven localities across the two provinces have been caught up in this, Niebla, Zalamea la Real, Berrocal, La Palma del Condado and Valverde del Camino among them.

The Andalusian coast and the road to the Algarve are not the fire zone. This is inland country north of the A-49, and the closures above are the practical problem for anyone driving in that corner of Huelva or western Sevilla province.

  • Ávila & Sierra Oeste (west of Madrid) Rural Sierra Oeste and Ávila, around the San Juan reservoir and A-5 approaches

    Madrid works normally, but avoid non-essential travel west of the capital — recreation routes around the San Juan reservoir and rural Sierra Oeste/Ávila roads. Some communities can return and others cannot; verify your exact route.

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  • Castellón (Serra d'Espadà) Serra d'Espadà natural park, inland from the Castellón coast between Onda and the Palancia valley

    The Costa del Azahar coast (Castellón, Benicàssim, Peñíscola) is not the fire zone, but smoke can reach the coast when the wind turns. Do not drive into the Serra d'Espadà park area; follow 112 Comunitat Valenciana.

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Check directly: 112 Comunidad de Madrid · 112 Comunitat Valenciana · DGT traffic

Full incident pageThe named event, its traveller guidance and official sources

This is traveller-focused editorial from the daily morning run, and every claim in it is checked against an official source before it is published; the official sources above are always the authority. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.

Using this map for travel

More on Spain

Sources: NASA FIRMS · MeteoAlarm.
Satellite and forecast figures refreshed 16 August 2026 at 10:23 UK time. Fire and disruption reporting verified against official sources the same day. Conditions change hourly during fires. National authorities are always right. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.

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