Wildfire near Mali Kopani
Started on Aug 14, 2026.
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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 Mali Kopani, Ukraine, an active wildfire has consumed 1,180 hectares, equivalent to 2,916 acres, since it started on August 13, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, indicating significant thermal energy release as the blaze progresses through the landscape.
Remote sensing data reveals widespread activity across the area, with 62 NASA FIRMS heat detections recorded in the past 48 hours alone, illustrating the broad distribution of thermal anomalies clustering nearby. This incident is unfolding against the backdrop of the region's typical fire season, which traditionally spans the warm, dry months from roughly May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Ukraine for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,280 ha (3,163 acres) — around 13 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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