Wildfire near Salcia, Romania (2026)

Wildfire near Salcia — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Salcia — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

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

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 31, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

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