Started on Jul 22, 2026.
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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
An active wildfire spanning 130 ha (321 acres) has been burning in the Sovetsky District of Russia since July 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the burning front, with 11 heat detections clustering nearby in the past 48 hours to indicate how far the fire has spread.
In context
This wildfire burned in Russia for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Russia
Across Russia, roughly 7,491,645 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 48% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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