Wildfire near El Khroub, Algeria (2026)

Wildfire near El Khroub — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near El Khroub — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 10 km north of El Khroub.

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature across the landscape near El Khroub, Algeria, where an active wildfire has already charred 100 ha (247 acres) since it began on 2026-07-23.

The scale of the ongoing incident is underscored by 44 NASA FIRMS heat detections recorded over the past 48 hours, illustrating the broad spread of the fire front in the area.

In context

This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.