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Wildfire near Mykines

Ended · 480 hectares (1,186 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
480Hectares1,186Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 31, 2026.

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Wildfire near Mykines — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Mykines — 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.

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🟤 brown = already burned
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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 at the active wildfire burning near the Municipal Unit of Mykines in Greece, where 19 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the local spread of the flames. Having started on July 31, 2026, the fire has grown to consume 480 hectares, which equals 1,186 acres.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to September. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape shows 12,072 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 76% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Greece for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 km².

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

The bigger picture in Greece

Across Greece, roughly 33,524 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 33% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.

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