Wildfire near Marmaraereğlisi, Turkey (2026)

Wildfire near Marmaraereğlisi — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Marmaraereğlisi — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Aug 9, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. 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.