Wildfire near Azails

Active · 5,030 ha (12,429 acres) · started 2026-07-22 · updated 2026-07-23

True color Fire (SWIR)

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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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 Azails, Algeria, an active wildfire spanning 5,030 ha (12,429 acres) since July 22, 2026, is generating an intense heat signature as detected by satellites tracking peak fire radiative power.

With 202 heat detections recorded over the past 48 hours clustering nearby, the fire continues to show active propagation across the landscape.