Forest fires in Leiria District, Portugal (2017-06-18)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-06-18 20:43:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-06-17 13:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
Starting on Saturday 17th June 2017 during an intense heatwave and rainless thunderstorms, huge forest fires erupted across Portugal, particularly in Leiria District (Pedrogão Grande, Fire of Pampilhosa) northeast of Lisbon. Many victims are reported and numerous towns and villages evacuated. The road where most people died is EN-236-1 which runs between Pampilhosa da Serra and Castalheira de Pêra.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 34
Grading products: 27

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Forest fires in Leiria District, Portugal (2017-06-18). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/6d3c8773-41e5-41d7-982f-0240da2bfb33

Keywords

Emergency EMSR207 Mapping Copernicus EMS CEMS Emergency Management Copernicus Portugal Copernicus Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service PRT Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR207]: Forest fires in Leiria District, Portugal (2017-06-18)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GEO

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GEO

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Lineage information

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-23
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2017-06-18
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR207
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/6d3c8773-41e5-41d7-982f-0240da2bfb33
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