Wildfire near Uzdin, Serbia (2026)

Wildfire near Uzdin — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Uzdin — 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

About 10 km north of Uzdin.

Summary written on Sep 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire spanning 100 hectares, or approximately 247 acres, is currently burning near the city of Uzdin in Serbia. Having started on September 24, 2026, the ongoing blaze is developing during the region's typical fire season, which traditionally spans the warm and dry months roughly from May to October.

Satellite observations reveal moderate heat intensity emanating from the front, indicating steady combustion without extreme radiative spikes. Simultaneously, remote sensing instruments have detected 13 distinct heat signatures clustering nearby over the past 48 hours, highlighting the local extent of the thermal activity as the active incident continues to unfold.

In context

This wildfire burned in Serbia for 1 day. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 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.