Wildfire near Ain Kechra
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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 spanning 130 hectares, or approximately 321 acres, continues to burn in the vicinity of Ain Kechra, Algeria, since its start on July 23, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, indicating steady combustion as the incident unfolds.
Monitoring systems have registered five heat detections over the past 48 hours in the surrounding area, reflecting the ongoing thermal activity and spatial footprint of the fire near the Algerian municipality.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria 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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