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Wildfire near Traian

Active · 130 hectares (321 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 2
130Hectares321Acres2Days burning

Started on Sep 20, 2026.

Wildfire near Traian — NASA satellite

Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Traian, Romania, which has grown to encompass 130 hectares or 321 acres since it started on September 20, 2026. The fire is advancing through a region where the typical fire season generally spans the warm, dry months from roughly May to October.

Monitoring systems have registered five heat detections over the past 48 hours in the vicinity, indicating how far the fire has spread across the landscape.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Romania for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 130 ha (321 acres) — about 1.3 km².

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

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