Started on Sep 8, 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
An active wildfire is burning near Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, having scorched 330 hectares (815 acres) since it started on September 8, 2026. Satellites have registered 22 heat detections over the past 48 hours, mapping the ongoing spread of the blaze across the landscape. Despite this active footprint, space-based sensors are currently picking up only a low heat intensity from the front.
This incident falls squarely within the region's typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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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