Started on Aug 29, 2026.
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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 Çavdır, Turkey, an active wildfire spanning 1,150 hectares (2,842 acres) has been tracked since it started on August 29, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 46 thermal detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to September. Across the country, 35,362 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 34 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Turkey for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,150 ha (2,842 acres) — around 12 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Turkey
Across Turkey, roughly 62,264 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 16% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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