Wildfire near Potoci (Sep 9 · W), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2026)

Wildfire near Potoci (Sep 9 · W) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Potoci (Sep 9 · W) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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

About 15 km northeast of Potoci.

Summary written on Sep 10, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire spanning 300 hectares (741 acres) is burning near Potoci in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with satellites detecting a low heat intensity from the fire front. Despite the low thermal signature, the fire has prompted 18 distinct heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the incident since it started on September 9, 2026.

This ongoing fire activity unfolds within the region's typical fire season, which generally spans the warm and dry months from May to October.

In context

This wildfire burned in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.