Wildfire near Bouchtata
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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).
An active wildfire spanning 250 ha (618 acres) is currently burning near Bouchtata, Algeria, following its start on July 22, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside 10 heat detections clustering nearby over the last 48 hours to indicate the current spread.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 250 ha (618 acres) — around 2.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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