Started on Jul 23, 2026.
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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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 near Ibn Badis, Algeria, an active wildfire has expanded across 1,230 hectares (3,039 acres) since it started on July 23, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, reflecting its severe activity.
Across the surrounding area, instruments have registered 53 heat detections within the last 48 hours, illustrating the broad scale of the spread.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,230 ha (3,039 acres) — around 12 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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