Wildfire near Velykobilozerska rural hromada, Ukraine (2026)

Wildfire near Velykobilozerska rural hromada — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Velykobilozerska rural hromada — 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 Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. 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.