Wildfire near Paros
Started on Jul 30, 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).
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.
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 33,523 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 33% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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