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Ended · 100 hectares (247 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
100Hectares247Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 22, 2026.

Wildfire — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire — 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

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.

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

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