Wildfire near Beni Snous, Algeria (2026)

Wildfire near Beni Snous — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Beni Snous — 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

Summary written on Jul 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

With 49 heat signatures clustering nearby over the past 48 hours, an active wildfire spanning 230 hectares (568 acres) continues to burn near Beni Snous, Algeria. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, which began on July 23, 2026.

In context

This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 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.