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Wildfire near Bağdere

Ended · 100 hectares (247 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers2 days
100Hectares247Acres2Days it lasted

Started on Sep 30, 2026.

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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

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Bağdere, Turkey, where 16 separate heat detections have been recorded over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the front. The blaze has consumed 180 hectares, which translates to 445 acres, since it started on September 29, 2026.

This incident occurs within a broader national context where 59,635 hectares have burned across Turkey so far in 2026, marking an 11 percent increase above the two-decade average. The fire falls near the tail end of the region's typical fire season, which runs annually from June to September.

In context

This wildfire burned in Turkey for 1 day. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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 60,118 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 12% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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