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Wildfire near Sidi Djillali

Ended · 400 hectares (988 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
400Hectares988Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 23, 2026.

Wildfire near Sidi Djillali — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Sidi Djillali — 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 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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