Wildfire near Sidi Amar
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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).
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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