Wildfire near Plužine
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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 spanning 300 hectares, or approximately 741 acres, continues to burn near the city of Plužine in Montenegro after starting on August 31, 2026. Plužine experiences its typical fire season during the warm and dry months, which generally run from May to October.
Monitoring the progression of the fire front, satellites have recently registered 12 heat signatures clustering nearby over the past 48 hours, accompanied by a moderate satellite heat intensity.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Montenegro for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 300 ha (741 acres) — about 3.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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