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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
The story so far
About 40 km southwest of Madīnat Wādī an Naţrūn.
Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
An active wildfire in Egypt has burned 100 hectares (247 acres) since it started on July 22, 2026. Satellites have registered a moderate heat intensity from the fire front, accompanied by two heat detections over the past 48 hours that indicate the current spread of the blaze.
In context
This wildfire burned in Egypt for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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