Wildfire near Monreale (Jul 22)
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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).
An active wildfire spanning 730 ha (1,804 acres) is currently burning near Monreale, Italy, after starting on July 22, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the blaze.
In the past 48 hours, monitoring systems have registered 41 heat detections in the vicinity of the active fire front.
In context
This wildfire burned in Italy for 2 days. In total it burned about 730 ha (1,804 acres) — around 7.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Italy
Across Italy, roughly 98,581 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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