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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
The story so far
About 10 km southeast of Bronte.
Summary written on Jul 31, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the active wildfire near Bronte, Italy, which has burned 150 ha (371 acres) since it started on 2026-07-30.
Orbiting sensors have detected 18 heat signatures nearby, mapping the spread of the ongoing blaze.
In context
This wildfire burned in Italy for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 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.
The bigger picture in Italy
Across Italy, roughly 117,492 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 105% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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