Wildfire near Craco
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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).
An active wildfire is currently burning across 845 hectares (2,088 acres) near the city of Craco, Italy, having started on August 30, 2026. The flames are consuming agricultural areas and other natural land in a region where the typical fire season spans from June to October.
Satellites monitoring the situation have registered 10 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the active front.
This incident unfolds during a significant year for Italian wildfires, with 93,665 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that sits 64% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Italy for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 845 ha (2,088 acres) — about 8.5 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 98,581 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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