Started on Aug 8, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Marmaraereğlisi, Turkey, where five heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the local spread of the front. The fire, which started on August 8, 2026, has grown to encompass 130 hectares, equivalent to 321 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to September. Turkey's broader landscape has seen 32,719 hectares burn so far in 2026, a total that tracks 39% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Turkey for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Turkey
Across Turkey, roughly 51,918 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 3% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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