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Wildfire

Forest fires in Spain, 10 Aug 2026

Started
Reported location
Huesca, Spain
Hazard
Wildfire

Huesca, Spain

About 95 km N of Zaragoza

About 270 km NW of Barcelona

Events on record associated with Spain

PamplonaLogroñoFRANCEHUESCAZaragoza (reference place)ZaragozaReported locationReported locationBarcelona 270 km (outside the map)Barcelona 270 kmSpainNorth is upN50 km
Map of the area around Huesca, Spain, showing the event's reported location. Scale bar: 50 km. Location inset: Spain. Reported location marked.

Recorded coordinates

Region and reference cities are derived by WND from the event's reported location using Natural Earth 5.1.2 boundaries; they are not provider statements. Made with Natural Earth.

GDACS gives one reference point for this event. It does not mark where the event began, its extent, or every country involved; the GDACS report lists the countries.

Reported location: 42.4725° N, 0.7181° W

Timeline

The only dated entry. 2 entries without a stated time are in the full chronology.

  1. Main eventForest fires in Spain, 10 Aug 2026

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1 official and scientific source

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Occurrences

The main event and every occurrence recorded so far. Each reading links to its entry in the evidence record.

Main event

  • Forest fires in Spain, 10 Aug 2026

    Orange Forest fires in Spain from: 10 Aug 2026 to: 17 Aug 2026.

Evidence

Every reading published for this Event, grouped by what it measures, with its source. Superseded readings and readings not shown in the summaries above are included. Where a claim has several readings, WND selects one by a fixed rule; selection is not a judgement of accuracy.

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Evidence record

Burned area (GDACS)

GDACS event alert level

Full chronology

  1. Main event Forest fires in Spain, 10 Aug 2026

No time stated by the source

Sources

  • Scientific record

    Forest fires in Spain (episode 23)

    GDACS

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Evidence coverage

  • GDACS: alert record found and attached. Checked
  • GLIDE registry: not queried — this event already carries a GLIDE number. Checked
  • ReliefWeb: checked, nothing matched. Checked