Wildfire near Gravina in Puglia
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
A seven-day campaign to suppress the wildfire near Gravina in Puglia, Italy, has concluded after scorching 3,455 hectares (8,537 acres) of other natural land and agricultural areas. Burning from August 25, 2026, through its end, the incident expanded at an average daily rate of approximately 494 hectares per day. Satellite monitoring over the past 48 hours still registers three persistent heat detections in the vicinity, underscoring lingering thermal activity even as the fire has ended.
This blaze unfolds against the backdrop of an unusually severe regional fire season, which typically runs from June to October in Italy. Across the country, 103,675 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a total tracking 81 percent above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Italy for 14 days. In total it burned about 3,455 ha (8,537 acres) — around 35 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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