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Wildfire near Adıyaman

Ended · 180 hectares (445 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
180Hectares445Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 29, 2026.

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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

Burning near Adıyaman, Turkey, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 180 hectares, or approximately 445 acres, since it started on September 29, 2026. Over the course of two days of burning, the fire has maintained an average daily growth of about 90 hectares per day.

Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, with NASA FIRMS detecting 15 heat signatures in the area over a 48-hour period, illustrating the current spread of the fire.

This incident occurs during the typical regional fire season, which runs from June to September. Across the country, 59,635 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 11% above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Turkey for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 km².

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

The bigger picture in Turkey

Across Turkey, roughly 62,209 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 16% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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