Wildfire near Seraidi, Algeria (2026)

Wildfire near Seraidi — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Seraidi — 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 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Seraidi, Algeria, the active wildfire has scorched 180 ha (445 acres) since it started on 2026-07-23, maintaining an average daily growth of approximately 90 ha/day over its two days of burning. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front.

In the past 48 hours, NASA FIRMS has detected 12 heat signatures clustering nearby, indicating the current spread of the incident.

In context

This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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.