Wildfire near El Ayadi Barbes
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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).
Spanning 150 ha (371 acres) near El Ayadi Barbes, Algeria, an active wildfire that began on 2026-07-22 continues to burn. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the blaze.
Orbiting sensors have detected 11 heat anomalies in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the active fire front.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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