Forest Fire in Valencia, Spain (2018-08-07)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-08-07 10:32:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-08-06 20:40:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
Since 6 August, a fire has been burning in Valencia. As a result of multiple wildfires, approximately 2500 people were evacuated preventively from their homes as firefighters battled multiple forest fires. According to the information available on 7 August, this fire has already burnt about 1500 hectares of land.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 3
Grading products: 1

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/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Forest Fire in Valencia, Spain (2018-08-07). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/bbdf68d5-fdd8-4163-9da6-033c8d9250fa

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR305 ESP Mapping Rapid Mapping Spain Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR305]: Forest Fire in Valencia, Spain (2018-08-07)

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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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-0.351242729937 39.0054350271, -0.264599413906 39.0054350271, -0.264599413906 38.9501634901, -0.351242729937 38.9501634901, -0.351242729937 39.0054350271))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-08-07
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR305
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/bbdf68d5-fdd8-4163-9da6-033c8d9250fa
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