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Wildfire near Sidi Amar

Ended · 730 hectares (1,804 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers5 days
730Hectares1,804Acres5Days it lasted

Started on Jul 24, 2026.

Wildfire near Sidi Amar — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Sidi Amar — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Burning near Sidi Amar, Algeria, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 730 ha (1,804 acres) since it started on 2026-07-24. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, while 50 heat detections over the past 48 hours highlight the ongoing spread across the area.

In context

This wildfire burned in Algeria for 4 days. In total it burned about 730 ha (1,804 acres) — around 7.3 km².

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

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