Wildfire near Polohivska urban hromada
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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).
Burning across 300 hectares (741 acres) within Polohivska urban hromada, Ukraine, an active wildfire that started on July 22, 2026, continues to generate significant concern.
Satellites monitoring the front are picking up an intense heat signature, alongside 16 recent heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the blaze.
In context
This wildfire burned in Ukraine for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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