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Wildfire near Durazzano

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

This fire in numbers3 days
100Hectares247Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 15, 2026.

Italy today7 days
6Fires · 7d21Hotspots 48h730Hectares · 7d
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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

Intense heat signatures are currently being picked up by satellites over a 100-hectare (247-acre) active wildfire burning near Durazzano, Italy. Having started on September 15, 2026, the incident is unfolding during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October.

Orbiting sensors have detected 12 distinct heat signatures clustering nearby in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current scale of the spreading front. This active Italian blaze is part of a broader, severe national wildfire crisis, with 109,386 hectares already burned across the country so far in 2026—a figure that stands 91% 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 116,596 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 104% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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