Started on Jul 24, 2026.
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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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
About 5 km northwest of Aïn Smara.
Summary written on Jul 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire near Aïn Smara, Algeria, where 28 recent thermal detections have been flagged in the area over the past 48 hours. Having started on July 24, 2026, the blaze has already consumed 650 hectares, equivalent to 1,606 acres.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 4 days. In total it burned about 650 ha (1,606 acres) — around 6.5 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.
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