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Wildfire near Al Mālikīyah

Ended · 130 hectares (321 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
130Hectares321Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 17, 2026.

Wildfire near Al Mālikīyah — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Al Mālikīyah — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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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

A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over an active wildfire burning near Al Mālikīyah, Syria. Having started on September 17, 2026, the blaze has grown to cover 130 hectares, which is equivalent to 321 acres.

Monitoring systems have detected 10 heat signatures nearby over the past 48 hours, indicating the current spread of the incident. This fire is occurring within the region's typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months from roughly May to October.

In context

This wildfire burned in Syria 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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