Wildfire near كاب النيقرو
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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).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire scorching 350 ha (865 acres) of land in كاب النيقرو, Tunisia, after starting on 2026-07-22.
With 14 thermal detections recorded over the last 48 hours, the front continues to burn actively across the region.
In context
This wildfire burned in Tunisia for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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