Started on Jul 22, 2026.
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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 Krasnodar, Russia, an active wildfire spanning 230 hectares (568 acres) since its start on July 22, 2026, is currently producing an intense heat signature detected by satellites.
Orbiting sensors have picked up nine heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the active spread of the front.
In context
This wildfire burned in Russia for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Russia
Across Russia, roughly 7,486,229 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 48% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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