Wildfire near Kónitsa, GR (2026)

This fire in numbers3 days

330Hectares · estimated815Acres · estimated3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 7, 2026.

Greece todayLive

1Active24Hotspots 48h200Hectares

Last 7 days · steady

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Wildfire near Kónitsa — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Kónitsa — 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

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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

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An active wildfire is currently burning near the Greek city of Kónitsa, having consumed 330 hectares, or approximately 815 acres, since it started on September 7, 2026. This ongoing incident falls directly within the region's typical fire season, which runs annually from June to September.

Despite the active status of the blaze, satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 13 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current extent of the spread.

In context

This wildfire burned in Greece 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.