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Wildfire near Lucoli (Aug 7)

Ended · 180 hectares (445 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
180Hectares445Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Aug 7, 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

An active wildfire spanning 180 hectares, or 445 acres, is currently burning near the city of Lucoli in Italy, having started on August 7, 2026. Satellites monitoring the situation have picked up a low heat signature stemming from the front, alongside 10 thermal detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the blaze.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Meanwhile, broader figures show that 75,844 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that is 33% above the two-decade average for the area.

In context

This wildfire burned in Italy for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 km².

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 109,386 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 91% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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