Wildfire near Ouled Driss
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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).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire near Ouled Driss, Algeria, where 24 heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours.
The blaze has grown to cover 380 hectares, or 939 acres, since it started on July 22, 2026.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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