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Wildfire near Salcia

Ended · 100 hectares (247 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
100Hectares247Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 30, 2026.

Wildfire near Salcia — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Salcia — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Burning near Salcia, Romania, an active 100-hectare (247-acre) wildfire that began on July 30, 2026, continues to progress. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the fire front.

In the past 48 hours, monitoring systems have registered 12 heat detections in the surrounding area, tracking the spread of the active blaze.

In context

This wildfire burned in Romania for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km².

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.

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