The System of the System Report Nature and Forest Conservation Institute (ICNF) It concerned the period between January 1 and Tuesday.
The fire that began in Trancoso consumed about 49,000 hectares and the fire that launched in Arganil, which is still active, has an area burned of at least 47,000 hectares, according to a provisional report.
The fire that began in Freches, Trancoso, on August 9 and resolution on Sunday, presents an argedive area of 49,324 hectaresalready the on the 13th and that is still active, consumed at least 47,432 hectaressays the Provisional National Report of the Forest Fire Information Management System (SGIF) to which Lusa agency had access.
These two large fires have burned areas that They are just behind the fire that started in Vilarinho, in the municipality of Lousã, in October 2017which reached 53,000 hectares, considered the largest fire ever since there are records in Portugal.
However, the European Forest Fire Information System (Effis), with less thin data, but with update to this day, pointed to an burned area of 57,596 hectares in the fire in Arganil.
The third largest fire recorded this year, according to the SGIF report, It was that of Sátão, with 13,769 hectares, who joined that of Trancoso, forming a complex that affected 11 municipalities in the districts of Viseu and Guarda.
Freixo de Sword to the strap (9,472 hectares), the two sabugal fires (9,338 and 8,928), another fire in Trancoso that began on August 14 (8,673), guard (7,151) and Mirandela (5,775) are also on the list of the 10 largest fires this year, all occurred in August.
In the list of the 10 largest fireworks, there is only one fire in July, in Ponte da Barca (7,164), can be read in the report consulted by Lusa.
Guard is the most affected district
Until Tuesday, 73 large fires were registered (with an area of more than 100 hectares) in Portugal this year, Responsible for 96% of the total bored area in the country, SGIF concludes.
According to the provisional report of SGIF, Guard is the most affected district (68,908 hectares of burned area)followed by Viseu (40,398) and Castelo Branco (25,352).
The districts of Porto (1,538) and Braga (614) are the ones that recorded the highest number of fires, but above all small.
Trancoso (17,239 hectares) and Covilhã (16,647) are the municipalities most affected by the fires, followed by being nanchlhe, sabugal, good, arganil and Penedono, all municipalities with more than 10,000 burning hectares, the report says.
The month of July was the one that recorded the largest number of fires, But August is the one that represents the highest burned area this year, with a total of 185 thousand hectares, 83% of the recorded since January 1.
Until Tuesday, had burned 222 thousand hectares in Portugal in 2025which although it was the fifth year with fewer fires is one that has the highest burnt area.
Of the 6,536 fires verified so far, 4,002 were investigated and “have a process of investigating causes”phermit a cause to 3,013 fires.
As more frequent causes so far are the burning (29%), burned (10%) and rekindeing (9%), Note the SGIF report.
