Wildfire near Pădina
Started on Aug 1, 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).
Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Pădina, Romania, where 24 heat detections have been recorded over the past 48 hours. The low intensity indicates a cooler-burning front for the blaze, which has grown to consume 280 hectares, equivalent to 692 acres.
First breaking out on August 1, 2026, the fire continues to burn actively in a region where the typical fire season spans the warm, dry months, which run roughly from May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Romania 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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