Wildfire near Pouzols-Minervois (FR)

Ended · 806 ha (1,992 acres) · started 2026-07-01 · updated 2026-07-13

True color Fire (SWIR)

⟷

i

True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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).

Over a twelve-day period, a wildfire near Pouzols-Minervois, France, expanded at an average rate of approximately 67 hectares per day before reaching a final footprint of 806 hectares. The blaze, which ignited on July 1, 2026, moved steadily through a landscape characterized by a mix of coniferous forest and agricultural land.

The incident has now officially ended, concluding the threat to the local environment after the fire consumed nearly 2,000 acres of terrain.