Wildfire near District of Taher (Aug 29 · W)
Started on Aug 29, 2026.
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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).
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire that has consumed 400 hectares, equivalent to 988 acres, in the District of Taher, Algeria, since it began on August 29, 2026. Monitoring systems have registered 18 heat detections in the past 48 hours, signaling how far the fire has spread within the local setting.
This incident unfolds during the typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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