Wildfire near Ad Darbāsīyah, Syria (2026)

Wildfire near Ad Darbāsīyah — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Ad Darbāsīyah — 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 20 km west of Ad Darbāsīyah.

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning in Syria, an active wildfire spanning 100 ha (247 acres) since July 22, 2026, continues to show steady activity as satellites pick up a moderate heat signature from the front. Orbiting instruments have registered eight heat detections in the past 48 hours, indicating ongoing clustering near the perimeter.

In context

This wildfire burned in Syria for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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.