Wildfire near Menemen, Turkey (2026)

Wildfire near Menemen — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Menemen — 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

About 5 km northeast of Menemen.

Summary written on Jul 30, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Menemen, Turkey, an active wildfire has charred 130 ha (321 acres) since it started on 2026-07-29. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front.

Monitoring systems have registered 10 heat detections in the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the blaze across the area.

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.