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Wildfire near Medjez Amar

Ended · 230 hectares (568 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
230Hectares568Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 22, 2026.

Wildfire near Medjez Amar — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Medjez Amar — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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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

Burning near Medjez Amar, Algeria, an active wildfire spanning 230 hectares (568 acres) has been producing an intense heat signature as detected by satellites, which have recorded 19 thermal anomalies in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours.

First reported on July 22, 2026, the ongoing blaze continues to be actively monitored.

In context

This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 km².

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.

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