Wildfire near Ahmed Bel Hadj
Started on Aug 28, 2026.
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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 is currently burning across 550 hectares (1,359 acres) near Ahmed Bel Hadj, Algeria, having started on August 28, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, while 28 separate heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the incident.
This fire is occurring within the region's typical fire season, which generally spans the warm, dry months from roughly May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 550 ha (1,359 acres) — around 5.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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