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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 5 km west of Dar Chaoui.
Summary written on Aug 2, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over a 200-hectare (494-acre) active wildfire burning near Caïdat de Dar Chaoui in Morocco.
With eight heat detections recorded over the past 48 hours, the blaze continues to spread against the backdrop of the country's typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October.
The fire began on August 1, 2026, and remains active in the region.
In context
This wildfire burned in Morocco for 2 days. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 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.
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