Wildfire near Alaşehir
Started on Jul 29, 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).
Burning near Alaşehir, Turkey, an active wildfire has scorched 130 ha (321 acres) since it started on 2026-07-29. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, reflecting the high peak fire radiative power.
In the surrounding area, remote-sensing instruments have registered 5 heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread and activity of the incident.
In context
This wildfire burned in Turkey 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.
The bigger picture in Turkey
Across Turkey, roughly 43,877 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 18% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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