Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured wildfires burning in northern Portugal on July 30, 2025.
The largest wildfires are in the Arouca region, a mountainous area that has outstanding geological heritage and is home to the Arouca Geopark.
This image shows two fires to the northwest of the main area affected by wildfires. Here we see a fire near the village of Recarei, about 20 kilometers east of the city of Porto. Another fire is seen burning some 20 kilometers south of Recarei. Gray smoke is seen drifting across the lower part of the image—blown from the fires between Castelo de Paiva and the town of Arouca, southeast of the area seen in this image.
An activation of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) has been requested to map and monitor the extent of the fires that are persistently burning in northern Portugal in the areas of Arouca and Ponte da Barca, some 80 kilometers to the north of Porto.
Image Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2025), processed by ESA
