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Wildfire near Velykobilozerska rural hromada

Ended · 180 hectares (445 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
180Hectares445Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 22, 2026.

Wildfire near Velykobilozerska rural hromada — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Velykobilozerska rural hromada — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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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

Spanning 180 hectares (445 acres), an active wildfire near Velykobilozerska rural hromada, Ukraine, continues to burn following its start on July 22, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, underscoring the severity of the blaze.

Monitoring systems have registered 7 heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the extent to which the fire has spread across the region.

In context

This wildfire burned in Ukraine for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 km².

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

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