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Wildfire near Brazii

Active · 130 hectares (321 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 1
130Hectares321Acres1Days burning

Started on Sep 17, 2026.

Wildfire near Brazii — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Brazii — 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

Burning near Brazii, Romania, an active wildfire has scorched 130 hectares (321 acres) since it started on September 17, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while five heat detections over the past 48 hours indicate how far the fire has spread in the area.

This incident is occurring within the region's typical fire season, which generally spans the warm, dry months from roughly May to October.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Romania for less than a day. So far it has affected roughly 130 ha (321 acres) — about 1.3 km².

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.

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