Forest fire in Arguedas, Spain (2022-06-21)

<br/> Activation date: 2022-06-21 <br/> Event type: Wildfire <br/> <br/> Activation reason: <br/> The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard (RRM STD) has been activated by the Spanish General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies (CENEM) on behalf of the Ministry of Interior of Spain, D. G. Guardia Civil and Jefatura del Seprona, following the forest fire that broke out in the in the municipality of Arguedas and Valtierra in the region of Navarra (Spain), on 18th June 2022. It affected several grain fields, coniferous forest, several warehouses and a nature amusement park, where more than 2,500 people had to be evacuated.The goal of the activation is to provide wildfire damage delineation and grading products that will support the police investigation and the damage assessment.The P07-Wildfire delineation and grading product has been generated by using post-event VHR satellite images. The analysis resulted in 2131.4 ha burnt, of which 1873.4 ha only slightly damaged, 237.2 moderately damaged, 17.3 ha highly damaged, and 3.5 ha destroyed.The P14-Impact assessment analysis on assets and population shows the event mostly affected natural landscape and the populated area around the cities of Valtierra and Arguedas. The fire affected a total of 62 residential buildings impacted and also a high number of non-residential and farm buildings. 85.6km of transportation network was impacted (mainly cart tracks). In terms of area, the highest total damage was suffered in the Coniferous Forest (1037.3 ha) and Sclerophyllous vegetation (671.8 ha). <br/> <br/>