Wildfire
True color
Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire in Iraq has scorched 850 hectares, equivalent to 2,100 acres, since it started on August 2, 2026. Orbiting equipment is tracking the scale of the incident, with satellites picking up an intense heat signature while registering 31 heat detections over the past 48 hours in the surrounding area.
This ongoing fire activity unfolds within Iraq's typical fire season, which encompasses the warm, dry months running roughly from May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Iraq for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,050 ha (2,595 acres) — around 11 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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