Wildfire near Touiref, Tunisia (2026)

Wildfire near Touiref — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Touiref — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 10 km southwest of Touiref.

Summary written on Jul 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near جرادو, Tunisia, an active wildfire spanning 330 hectares (815 acres) since its start on July 24, 2026, continues to generate an intense heat signature from its peak fire radiative power, with satellites detecting 61 heat signatures clustering nearby over the last 48 hours.

In context

This wildfire burned in Tunisia for 4 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

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