Wildfire near Ayvacık, Turkey (2026)

Wildfire near Ayvacık — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Ayvacık — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 10 km southeast of Ayvacık.

Summary written on Jul 30, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature at the active wildfire near Ayvacık, Turkey, where six heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. The blaze has scorched 150 hectares, equivalent to 371 acres.

Burning since July 29, 2026, the ongoing incident continues to be closely monitored by remote sensing equipment as firefighters work on the ground.

In context

This wildfire burned in Turkey for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 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.