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Fire view
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
The story so far
Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
Burning across 250 ha (618 acres) in Torfaen, this active wildfire that started on 2026-07-22 continues to present challenges as satellites pick up a low heat signature from the front. Ten heat detections over the past 48 hours indicate nearby thermal clustering as the incident develops in the area.
In context
This wildfire burned in United Kingdom for 2 days. In total it burned about 250 ha (618 acres) — around 2.5 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.
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