Wildfire near سيدي خيار
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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).
Spanning 180 ha (445 acres) near سيدي خيار, Tunisia, an active wildfire that started on 2026-07-24 continues to burn. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front.
In the surrounding area, 14 recent heat detections have been registered over a 48-hour period.
In context
This wildfire burned in Tunisia for 4 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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