Wildfire near Bojane
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Fire (SWIR)
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).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature over an active wildfire burning near Bojane, North Macedonia, which has already consumed 430 hectares, or 1,063 acres, since it started on September 3, 2026. Monitoring systems have detected 18 separate heat signatures in the immediate area over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread and active front of the blaze.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in North Macedonia for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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