Fires in Türkiye

Image of the week: Smoke from wildfires in the eastern Mediterranean

 

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Fires in Türkiye
Fires in Türkiye

This week’s image is of smoke from large wildfires that have been affecting Türkiye and Greece. The image was captured on 27 July by the Meteosat-12 weather satellite in geostationary orbit, 36,000km above the Earth.

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29 July 2025

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29 July 2025

The spread of the wildfires in the region has been exacerbated by recent high temperatures, low humidity and high winds, which have made the fires harder to contain. 

Across Europe the 2025 fire season has already been more destructive than usual. According to the European Forest Fires Information System (EFFIS), an area of over 292,800 hectares has been burnt by wildfires so far across the EU since the start of the year, which is higher than the reported average of 162,900 hectares recorded by this time of year over the past 19 years (2006-2024). 

Fires in Türkiye

Wildfire image

The main image was captured by the FCI instrument onboard the Meteosat-12 geostationary weather satellite on 27 July 2025.

The Meteosat weather satellites provide imagery for the early detection of fast-developing severe weather, weather forecasting and climate monitoring.

More info

How data from EUMETSAT and Copernicus satellites is used to monitor the atmosphere

How satellite data is used to help manage wildfires

Follow the ongoing impact of wildfires in Europe

Access atmospheric data from EUMETSAT User Portal

Follow fires live on EUMETview

Spreading like wildfire - a UNEP report on the impact of climate and changing land use on the incidence of extreme wildfires

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