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Wildfire near Nevesinje (Sep 8)

Ended · 250 hectares (618 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
250Hectares618Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 8, 2026.

Wildfire near Nevesinje (Sep 8) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Nevesinje (Sep 8) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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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

A low-intensity wildfire remains active near Nevesinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, after igniting on September 8, 2026. Satellites have registered 10 thermal detections over the past 48 hours, signaling the current geographic spread of the fire across the area.

The blaze has grown to encompass 250 hectares, which is approximately 618 acres. Operations to manage the incident continue as the fire burns through the region.

This event falls within the typical fire season for Bosnia and Herzegovina, which spans the warm and dry months from roughly May to October.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 2 days. In total it burned about 250 ha (618 acres) — around 2.5 km².

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

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