Wildfire near Ayvacık
Started on Jul 29, 2026.
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🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
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.
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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