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Ended · 130 ha (321 acres) · started 2026-07-22 · updated 2026-07-23

Wildfire — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True color Fire (SWIR)
True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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).

Burning across Iraq, the active Wildfire has scorched 130 ha (321 acres) since it started on 2026-07-22. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the front, alongside 5 heat detections in the past 48 hours clustering nearby.

In context

This wildfire burned in Iraq for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km².

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.

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