Wildfire near Trebinje (Aug 30)
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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).
An intense heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over an active wildfire burning near Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 35 thermal detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to mark the spread of the front. Having started on August 23, 2026, the blaze has already consumed 880 hectares, which translates to 2,175 acres of land.
This ongoing incident is unfolding during the region's typical fire season, which generally spans the warm, dry months from roughly May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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