Wildfire near Sidi Djillali
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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 the city of Sidi Djillali in Algeria, an active wildfire has expanded at an average daily growth of approximately 200 hectares per day over the course of two days. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 35 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
The ongoing incident has scorched a total area of 400 hectares, which is equivalent to roughly 988 acres, since it started on July 23, 2026.
In context
This wildfire burned in Algeria for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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