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Wildfire near Chieuti (Aug 20)

Ended · 100 hectares (247 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
100Hectares247Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Aug 20, 2026.

Italy today7 days
8Fires · 7d83Hotspots 48h910Hectares · 7d
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Wildfire near Chieuti (Aug 20) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Chieuti (Aug 20) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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

An active wildfire is currently burning near Chieuti, Italy, having scorched 100 hectares, or approximately 247 acres, since it started on August 20, 2026. Satellites monitoring the incident have registered a low heat intensity, indicating a cooler-burning front, while detecting four separate heat signatures in the area over the past 48 hours to map the spread of the fire.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October. Across the country, the wider wildfire situation for 2026 has already accumulated 86,309 burned hectares, a figure that stands 51 percent above the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Italy for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km².

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 114,361 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 100% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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