Started on Aug 28, 2026.
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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
Burning actively near the city of El Tarf in Algeria, a wildfire spanning 180 hectares (445 acres) has been tracked since August 28, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the burning front, while 55 separate thermal detections have been recorded nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current scale and spread of the incident.
This active fire is unfolding amid the region's 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 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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