Wildfire near Saint-Jean-d'Illac
Started on Jul 29, 2026.
France today7 days
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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).
Burning near Saint-Jean-d'Illac, France, an active wildfire has expanded across 380 ha (939 acres) since it started on 2026-07-29. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside 21 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in France for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in France
Across France, roughly 96,931 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 557% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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