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Wildfire near Skadovsk urban hromada

Ended · 100 hectares (247 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers5 days
100Hectares247Acres5Days it lasted

Started on Jul 24, 2026.

Wildfire near Skadovsk urban hromada — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Skadovsk urban hromada — 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 across 100 hectares (247 acres) in the Skadovsk urban hromada of Ukraine, an active wildfire that started on July 24, 2026, continues to show moderate activity. Orbiting satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside four thermal detections clustered in the area over the past 48 hours, indicating the current spread of the fire.

In context

This wildfire burned in Ukraine for 4 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km².

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

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