Wildfire near Le Porge (Jul 28)
Started on Jul 28, 2026.
France today7 days
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Fire (SWIR)
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 Le Porge, France, an active wildfire has scorched 250 hectares, or 618 acres, since it started on July 28, 2026.
Satellites are picking up a low heat intensity from the fire front, while 28 heat detections over the past 48 hours show the current spread in the area.
In context
This wildfire burned in France for 2 days. In total it burned about 250 ha (618 acres) — around 2.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in France
Across France, roughly 96,931 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 557% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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