Wildfire near Oresh
Started on Jul 28, 2026.
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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).
Burning near Oresh, Bulgaria, an active wildfire has scorched 230 ha (568 acres) since it started on July 28, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the blaze, highlighting the extreme energy being released along the active front.
Monitoring systems have detected 9 thermal anomalies in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire near the city.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bulgaria for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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