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Wildfire near Turceni

Active · 230 hectares (568 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 1
230Hectares568Acres1Days burning

Started on Oct 19, 2026.

Wildfire near Turceni — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Turceni — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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🟤 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

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Burning near Turceni in Romania, an active wildfire has consumed 230 ha (568 acres) since it started on October 19, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while 10 heat detections cluster nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the fire.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Romania for less than a day. So far it has affected roughly 230 ha (568 acres) — about 2.3 km².

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

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