Wildfire near Bordj Oukhris (Jul 23 · SW)
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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 a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Bordj Oukhris, Algeria, where 30 recent heat detections cluster nearby to trace the fire's ongoing spread. The blaze has scorched 280 hectares, equivalent to 692 acres, since it started on July 23.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 280 ha (692 acres) — around 2.8 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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