Wildfire near Porto Germeno, Vília, Greece (2026)

Wildfire near Porto Germeno — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Porto Germeno — 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

Summary written on Aug 6, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning for two days with an average daily growth of approximately 65 hectares per day, the active wildfire near Porto Germeno in the Plataies municipal unit of Greece has scorched a total of 130 hectares, equivalent to 321 acres, since it started on August 4, 2026.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while 15 NASA FIRMS heat detections over the past 48 hours indicate the extent of the cluster nearby. The blaze is unfolding during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to September.

This incident adds to a broader national total of 30,624 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 39% below the two-decade average for Greece.

In context

This wildfire burned in Greece for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 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.