Wildfire near Boukhelifa, Algeria (2026)

Wildfire near Boukhelifa — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Boukhelifa — 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 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Boukhelifa, Algeria, an active wildfire has scorched 380 hectares (939 acres) since it began on July 24, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat intensity from the front, reflecting the current state of the burn.

In the surrounding area, monitoring systems have detected 15 heat signatures over the last 48 hours, illustrating the local extent of the active fire.

In context

This wildfire burned in Algeria for 4 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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.