Wildfire near Salemi (IT)
True color
Fire (SWIR)
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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
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).
The wildfire near Salemi, Italy, concluded after a 30-day campaign that saw the blaze consume 1,226 hectares of coniferous forest and sclerophyllous vegetation. Over the course of the month-long event, the fire maintained an average daily growth rate of approximately 41 hectares.
Despite the official end of the incident, satellite data from NASA FIRMS recorded one heat detection in the vicinity within the last 48 hours. The fire, which began on June 13, 2026, has now been declared fully contained.