France Roadtrip Wildfire Safety & Avoidance GuideFree guide, 14 chapters
Satellite and forecast figures refreshed 16 August 2026 at 10:23 UK time. Fire and disruption reporting verified against official sources the same day. Conditions change hourly during fires. National authorities are always right. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.

The North Aegean fire map

Samos, Lesvos, Chios and Ikaria. Wooded and comparatively little-visited, so press coverage of a fire here can be thin.

Satellite heat detection, last 24 h Reference city
NASA VIIRS + MODIS heat detections, last 24 hours, clustered — refreshed daily. A detection is a satellite heat signature, usually fire. Cut from the Greece country map to this area; the country page has the zoomable version.

30 satellite fire detections inside The North Aegean in the latest NASA FIRMS pass (2026-08-15 to 2026-08-16). A detection is heat seen from orbit; it is not by itself a reported fire, and not every detection becomes one.

Where this comes from

Fire locations are NASA FIRMS satellite detections. Status for each area is set from what the named authority has published, never from satellite data alone — see how this site works.

If you are travelling

Conditions change hourly during a fire. The authorities above are always right where this page and they disagree, and in danger anywhere in the European Union the emergency number is 112.

Most serious status in the North Aegean right now: Nothing in force.

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