Wildfire near Risan
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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).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Risan, Montenegro, where 12 recent heat detections cluster across the surrounding landscape. Spanning 300 hectares, or approximately 741 acres, the blaze has been burning since its start on September 5, 2026.
This current incident is unfolding within the country's typical fire season, which generally spans the warm, dry months from roughly May to October.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Montenegro for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 300 ha (741 acres) — about 3.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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