Wildfire near Skadovsk urban hromada
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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 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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