Wildfire near Couchey
Started on Jul 29, 2026.
France today7 days
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
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.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in France
Across France, roughly 96,927 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 557% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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