Wildfire near Sabbia
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🟢 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 Sabbia, Italy, an active wildfire has scorched 330 hectares, or 815 acres, since it started on August 16, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a low heat signature from the fire front, alongside 21 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape faces heightened activity, with 82,579 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a total that is 44% above the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Italy for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Italy
Across Italy, roughly 105,137 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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