Wildfire near Krasnodar

Active · 230 ha (568 acres) · started 2026-07-22 · updated 2026-07-23

True color Fire (SWIR)

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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 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.