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Wildfire near غار الملح

Ended · 200 hectares (494 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
200Hectares494Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 22, 2026.

Wildfire near غار الملح — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near غار الملح — 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

Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from an active wildfire burning near غار الملح, Tunisia, where eight heat detections have been registered over the last 48 hours. The ongoing fire has consumed 200 hectares, equivalent to 494 acres.

In context

This wildfire burned in Tunisia for 2 days. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 km².

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

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