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Wildfire near Hammam Beni Salah

Ended · 150 ha (371 acres) · started 2026-07-22 · updated 2026-07-23

Wildfire near Hammam Beni Salah — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Hammam Beni Salah — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True color Fire (SWIR)
True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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 Hammam Beni Salah, Algeria, an active wildfire spanning 150 hectares (371 acres) has been tracked since July 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, alongside 26 heat detections clustering nearby over the past 48 hours.

In context

This wildfire burned in Algeria 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.

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