Wildfire near Fethiye (Jul 22)
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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).
Burning near Fethiye, Turkey, an active wildfire has consumed 150 hectares (371 acres) since it started on July 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front.
Monitoring systems have registered six heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the active incident.
In context
This wildfire burned in Turkey 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.
The bigger picture in Turkey
Across Turkey, roughly 43,877 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 18% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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