Pont de Vilomara
General information
- Category
- Wildfire
- Fire classification
- Resilient PyroCu
- Country
- Catalonia, Spain
- Year
- 2022
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The Pont de Vilomara wildfire exhibited a rapid initial growth rate, reaching approximately 100 hectares in the first hour. This early expansion demonstrated the significant potential for the fire to spread. The prevailing drought conditions and challenging meteorological circumstances present additional challenges to the efforts to extinguish the fire. The rapid spread of the fire (maximum ROS around 5 km/h and BR of 600 ha/h) was caused by pyroconvective phenomena (Resilient PyroCu), which were sustained until late at night, with the arrival of the fire in the non-forest area. The fire had a significant impact on the WUI areas situated along the path of propagation.
© Catalan Fire and Rescue Service
© Catalan Fire and Rescue Service
© Catalan Fire and Rescue Service
© Catalan Fire and Rescue Service
© Catalan Fire and Rescue Service
© Catalan Fire and Rescue Service
© Catalan Fire and Rescue Service
Fire behaviour and surface observations
| Start location lat | 41.686460 deg N |
| Start location lon | 1.901683 deg E |
| Start location name | Pont de Vilomara |
| Start hour | 17/07/2022 11:02:00 (UTC) |
| Surface affected | 1697 ha |
| Fire behavior | Passive crown fire, high intensity |
| Torching head | 40 % |
| Torching flanks | % |
| Flame length mean head | 20 m |
| Flame length max head | 60 m |
| Flame length mean flanks | 4 m |
| Flame length max flanks | 10 m |
| Spotting mean | 50 m |
| Spotting max | 500 m |
| Rate of spread mean | 1600 m/h |
| Rate of spread max | 4800 m/h |
| Burn ratio mean | 240 ha/h |
| Burn ratio max | 600 ha/h |
Publications
Ficha incendio Pont de Vilomara, 17/07/2022 (ESP)
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