Wildfire near Couchey, France (2026)

Wildfire near Couchey — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Couchey — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 30, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Couchey, France, an active wildfire has expanded to 180 ha (445 acres) since it began on 2026-07-29. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, reflecting the severity of the blaze.

Monitoring systems have registered 7 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire across the area.

In context

This wildfire burned in France for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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.