Wildfire near Knin, Croatia (2026)

Wildfire near Knin — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Knin — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 20 km north of Knin.

Summary written on Sep 9, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near the city of Knin in Croatia, an active wildfire has consumed 330 hectares, equivalent to 815 acres, since it started on September 8, 2026. Satellites tracking the incident show a low heat intensity from the fire front, while registering 13 heat signatures clustering nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread.

This fire is unfolding within the region's typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October.

In context

This wildfire burned in Croatia for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.