Wildfire near Seydikemer
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Fire (SWIR)
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).
Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Seydikemer, Turkey, which has spread across 18 recent detections over the last 48 hours. The blaze has scorched 450 hectares (1,112 acres) since it started on July 30, 2026.
In context
This wildfire burned in Turkey for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Turkey
Across Turkey, roughly 43,931 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 18% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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