Wildfire near Nevesinje (Sep 7)
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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 300 hectares (741 acres) continues to burn near the city of Nevesinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with satellites currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front. Having started on September 7, 2026, the fire has maintained a persistent presence across the local landscape, driven by typical seasonal conditions as this event unfolds during the warm, dry months, which roughly span from May to October.
Surrounding the active perimeter, remote sensing equipment has recorded 14 separate heat detections over the past 48 hours, illustrating the extent to which thermal activity is clustering nearby and signaling ongoing movement across the affected terrain.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 330 ha (815 acres) — about 3.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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