Wildfire near Ševarice, Serbia (2026)

Wildfire near Ševarice — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Ševarice — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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

About 5 km north of Ševarice.

Burning across a span of 45 days beginning on September 30, 2026, a wildfire near Ševarice, Serbia, has officially ended after a lengthy campaign during the region's typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October.

Over the course of its weeks-long run, satellites picked up a moderate heat signature from the active front, leading to an estimated footprint of roughly 100 hectares, or 247 acres, based on hotspot tracking.

In context

This wildfire burned in Serbia 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.