Overall Orange Forest fire in Portugal from 02 Jul 2026 00:00 UTC to 08 Jul 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (19670 ha) in Portugal 02 Jul 2026

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1029260
Countries:	Portugal
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Jul 2026 - 08 Jul 2026
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	9361 in the burned area
Burned area:	19670 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	1.5	5689	13135	03 Jul 2026 06:01	GWIS
2	1.5	8462	14389	03 Jul 2026 10:00	GWIS
3	1.5	8518	15223	03 Jul 2026 14:00	GWIS
4	1.5	8740	16896	03 Jul 2026 22:00	GWIS
5	1.5	8814	17605	04 Jul 2026 02:00	GWIS
6	1.5	8983	18779	04 Jul 2026 06:02	GWIS
7	1.5	9177	19109	04 Jul 2026 14:01	GWIS
8	1.5	9180	19604	04 Jul 2026 18:00	GWIS
9	1.5	9309	19646	05 Jul 2026 02:01	GWIS
10	1.5	9361	19659	08 Jul 2026 02:00	GWIS
11	1.5	9361	19670	12 Jul 2026 14:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Portugal , District of Aveiro (population 654,400) . The nearest places are Coimbra, Porto, Aveiro, Viseu, Ílhavo, São João da Madeira, Ovar, Espinho, Pedroso, Avintes, and Braga.

Radius	Population
10 km	89000 people
5 km	42000 people
2 km	21000 people
1 km	16000 people
Burned Area	9400 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aveiro	Portugal	650000 people
Viseu	Portugal	400000 people
Coimbra	Portugal	430000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Aveiro	Aveiro	Portugal	City	54000 people	31 km
Viseu	Viseu	Portugal	City	26000 people	32 km
Ílhavo	Aveiro	Portugal	City	17000 people	33 km
São João da Madeira	Aveiro	Portugal	City	21000 people	36 km
Ovar	Aveiro	Portugal	City	18000 people	39 km
Coimbra	Coimbra	Portugal	Major city	110000 people	47 km
Espinho	Aveiro	Portugal	City	9400 people	52 km
Pedroso	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	-	55 km
Avintes	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	12000 people	60 km
Vila Nova de Gaia	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	70000 people	63 km
Porto	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	Major city	250000 people	65 km
Valongo	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	21000 people	66 km
Leça do Bailio	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	16000 people	71 km
Matosinhos	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	28000 people	71 km
Figueira da Foz	Coimbra	Portugal	City	12000 people	72 km
Alfena	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	14000 people	72 km
Covilhã	Castelo Branco	Portugal	City	18000 people	76 km
Santo Tirso	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	14000 people	82 km
Bougado	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	21000 people	83 km
Pombal	Leiria	Portugal	City	17000 people	84 km
Guarda	Guarda	Portugal	City	28000 people	87 km
Vila Real	Vila Real	Portugal	City	17000 people	88 km
Vila do Conde	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	27000 people	90 km
Guimarães	Braga	Portugal	City	38000 people	91 km
Fafe	Braga	Portugal	City	17000 people	93 km
Póvoa de Varzim	Porto (Oporto)	Portugal	City	27000 people	93 km
Braga	Braga	Portugal	City	120000 people	104 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Viseu	VSE	628	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	35 km
Aveiro		8	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	39 km
Ovar		17	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8000	45 km
Espinho		3	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	50 km
Coimbra	CBP	179	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	54 km
Porto	OPO	69	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11400	76 km
Covilha	COV	482	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	79 km
Vila Real	VRL	550	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	87 km
Monte Real		57	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8000	101 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Aveiro	PTAVE	Portugal	40 km
Oporto		Portugal	64 km
Figueira Da Foz	PTFDF	Portugal	72 km
Leixoes & Oporto	PTLEI	Portugal	72 km
Vianna Do Castello		Portugal	78 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Aguieira	Mondego	1981	32 km
Raiva	Mondego	1981	35 km
Fronhas	Alva	1984	43 km
Torrao	Tamega	1988	53 km
Carrapatelo	Douro	1972	53 km
Crestuma	Douro	1985	66 km
Santa Luzia	Unhais	1942	69 km
Varosa	Varosa	1976	70 km
Regua	Douro	1973	74 km
Vilar	Tavora	1965	75 km
Cabril	Zezere	1954	79 km
Bouqa	Zezere	1955	86 km
Valeira	Douro	1975	97 km
Guilhofrei	Ave	1938	108 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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