Calamity
highFireCalamity Score: 57

Large Wildfire

9h agoTerrassaSpainSource: firms

39 fire pixels detected · FRP: 367 MW · ~5.5 km²

Geographic Context

This fire event occurred near Terrassa (approximately 6 km away) in Spain, a Mediterranean region where persistent drought and pine forests create recurring wildfire conditions. An estimated 1.8M people live within 35 km of the event location, placing this in the "severe" population impact tier.

Event Assessment

This event is a significant wildfire detected by satellite with a fire radiative power of 367 MW, suggesting active, intense burning across multiple detection pixels. Calamity.live has classified it as "high" severity with a severity value of 80. The computed Calamity Score is 57 out of 100, reflecting a moderate-impact event. The primary scoring components are: population (100), intensity (60), historical (30). Data for this event was sourced from firms, one of the 250 scientific monitoring sources aggregated by Calamity.live.

Regional Monitoring Context

Spain has a documented history of fire events. Wildfire activity in the region is monitored through NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System), which provides near-real-time active fire data from MODIS and VIIRS satellites. Fire behavior is influenced by vegetation type, moisture content, wind patterns, and terrain — all factors that determine whether an initial ignition becomes a major event.

Cascade Risk Analysis

This event may trigger secondary hazards through cascade effects. Cascade detection is an automated process that evaluates how primary disasters can trigger secondary events — for example, earthquakes triggering landslides, or volcanic eruptions causing lahars and pyroclastic flows. These secondary hazards can sometimes pose a greater threat than the initial event, particularly in mountainous terrain or densely populated areas.

Event Data

TypeFire
Severityhigh
Severity Value80
Calamity Score57 / 100
Confidence74%
Coordinates41.6156, 1.9873
Nearest CityTerrassa (6 km)
Population Exposed1.8M within 35 km
Impact Tiersevere
Timestamp2026-07-07T23:56:47.986Z

Score Breakdown

60
intensity
100
population
0
cascading
30
historical

Technical Details

Brightness367
Frp366.5100000000001
PixelCount39
Confidencehigh
Area Km25.460000000000001

Cascade Risks

cascade

Safety Information

If a wildfire is approaching: follow evacuation orders immediately. Do not wait to see the fire. Close all windows and doors, remove combustible materials from around your home, and have an emergency go-bag ready. Air quality can deteriorate rapidly even at distance from the fire front — monitor local air quality advisories.

This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.

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Calamity.live data shows a fire event with CalamityScore 57/100, near Terrassa (Spain), based on data from firms. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 197 scientific monitoring sources.