Wildfire near Boussif Ouled Askeur
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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).
Burning near the city of Boussif Ouled Askeur, Algeria, an active wildfire spanning 150 ha (371 acres) has been tracked since July 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front.
Monitoring systems have registered five heat detections over the past 48 hours in the surrounding area, signaling the ongoing spread and current activity of the blaze.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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