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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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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
The story so far
Summary written on Jul 31, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
An active wildfire in Paros Municipality, Greece, has scorched 250 ha (618 acres) since it started on July 30, 2026. Satellite data reveals an intense heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by 10 heat detections picked up in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in Greece for 2 days. In total it burned about 250 ha (618 acres) — around 2.5 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Greece
Across Greece, roughly 35,321 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 30% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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