Wildfire near Polohivska urban hromada, Ukraine (2026)

Wildfire near Polohivska urban hromada — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Polohivska urban hromada — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. 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.