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Wildfire near Bouchtata

Ended · 250 hectares (618 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
250Hectares618Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 22, 2026.

Wildfire near Bouchtata — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Bouchtata — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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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

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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