Wildfire near Rast, Romania (2026)

Wildfire near Rast — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Rast — 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 northwest of Rast.

Summary written on Jul 30, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Rast, Romania, an active wildfire has scorched 330 hectares, or 815 acres, since it started on July 29, 2026.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, alongside 15 recent heat detections clustered nearby.

In context

This wildfire burned in Romania for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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.