Wildfire near Abi Youcef, Algeria (2026)

Wildfire near Abi Youcef — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Abi Youcef — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Abi Youcef, Algeria, with four heat detections recorded over the past 48 hours indicating how far the fire has spread.

Spanning 100 hectares, equivalent to 247 acres, the blaze has been active since July 24, 2026.

In context

This wildfire burned in Algeria for 4 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.