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🟢 green = vegetation
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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
The story so far
About 10 km southeast of Lucera.
Summary written on Jul 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
Burning near Lucera, Italy, an active wildfire has scorched 100 ha (247 acres) since it started on July 24, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, alongside five heat detections clustering nearby over the past 48 hours to map the spread.
In context
This wildfire burned in Italy for 4 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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.
The bigger picture in Italy
Across Italy, roughly 117,237 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 105% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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