Wildfire near Potoci (Sep 6 · SE #2)
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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 near Potoci, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an active wildfire is currently producing an intense heat signature as detected by satellites, reflecting significant peak fire radiative power from the active front. Having started on September 6, 2026, the blaze has grown to cover 380 hectares, which equals 939 acres.
In the surrounding area, satellite monitoring over the past 48 hours has picked up 15 separate heat detections, illustrating the extent to which thermal activity is clustered nearby. This incident is occurring within the region's typical fire season, which spans the warm and dry months roughly from May to October.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 380 ha (939 acres) — about 3.8 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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