Wildfire near Robertville
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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 Robertville, Belgium, which has already consumed 2,030 hectares (5,016 acres) since it started on August 14, 2026. Monitoring systems have detected 81 heat signatures cluster nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread and active trajectory of the blaze across the landscape.
This ongoing fire activity occurs squarely within the region's typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in BE for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,480 ha (3,657 acres) — around 15 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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