Wildfire near Bala (Mehedinลฃi, Romania) has 22 hectares of satellite-mapped burn area, first detected 20 August 2026 and last mapped 21 August 2026. Data from the EU's EFFIS/Copernicus programme.
22
hectares
20 August 2026
first detected
21 August 2026
last mapped
44.917, 22.851
coordinates
The flame marks the centre of the satellite-detected burn area, not a real fire's active edge.
How this fire was detected
Every step below is a real observation from a satellite or a fire agency โ newest at the bottom.
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Satellites first spotted this fire on 20 Aug, 08:26 UTC
EFFIS / Copernicus
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A satellite saw heat here ~21h ago โ this fire may still be burning
Measured heat: 16 MW โ the higher this number, the more intensely it's burning
That's stronger than about 9 in 10 of the satellite heat readings across Europe right now
NASA VIIRS
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The burn area was last measured from space on 21 Aug, 06:35 UTC
hectares mapped: 22 ha
EFFIS / Copernicus
๐ฐ๏ธ Satellite view of the Wildfire near Bala Fire
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The red dot is where this fire was first reported (its point of origin). As a fire grows, the burning area can spread well beyond that spot.
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Data: ยฉ European Union, 2026, European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) / Copernicus Emergency Management Service โ CC BY 4.0.
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