Wildfires in Bulgaria — what is burning right now?

Live overview of Bulgarian wildfires: every burned area measured in the past 42 days, the nearest town for each fire, and day-by-day satellite image series for the biggest ones. Hotspot detections on the live map refresh every 20 minutes.

39measured burned areas · 42 days
13,758hectares burned · 42 days
Sep 12, 2026latest detection

Map — hotspots and burned areas in Bulgaria

Dots are satellite heat detections from the past 42 days — bright yellow is the last 24 hours. Brown outlines are measured burned areas: click one for size and dates. Photo pins open the day-by-day satellite image series of that fire.

Burned areas in Bulgaria — past 42 days

AreaFirst seenLast seenNearest townSatellite series
761 haSep 11, 2026Sep 12, 2026Gurkovo · 5 km—
294 haJul 19, 2026Sep 12, 2026Pirdop—
230 haSep 12, 2026Sep 12, 2026Polski Trambesh · 11 km—
417 haAug 22, 2026Sep 11, 2026Sapareva Banya · 6 km—
281 haSep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026Letnitsa · 10 km—
397 haSep 7, 2026Sep 8, 2026Teteven · 12 km—
311 haSep 5, 2026Sep 8, 2026Anton · 4 km—
812 haSep 7, 2026Sep 7, 2026Stamboliyski · 8 km—
276 haSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026Lom · 5 km—
264 haSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026Pavel Banya · 8 km—
158 haSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026Panagyurishte · 8 km—
341 haAug 31, 2026Sep 6, 2026Orlea—
138 haSep 5, 2026Sep 5, 2026Kalofer · 13 km—
283 haSep 4, 2026Sep 4, 2026Oryahovo—
114 haSep 2, 2026Sep 2, 2026Roman · 6 km—
537 haAug 28, 2026Sep 2, 2026Bobov Dol · 10 km—
339 haAug 29, 2026Aug 30, 2026Kaynardzha · 8 km—
155 haJul 26, 2026Aug 28, 2026Devnya—
120 haAug 17, 2026Aug 26, 2026Vratsa · 11 km—
689 haAug 23, 2026Aug 25, 2026Haskovo · 14 km—
263 haAug 23, 2026Aug 25, 2026Dunavtsi · 8 km—
Burned area near Cherven Bryag from space664 haAug 23, 2026Aug 24, 2026Cherven Bryag · 9 kmsatellite series →
390 haAug 23, 2026Aug 23, 2026Simeonovgrad · 6 km—
Burned area near Cherven Bryag from space214 haAug 23, 2026Aug 23, 2026Cherven Bryag · 11 kmsatellite series →
232 haAug 21, 2026Aug 21, 2026Ruzhintsi · 5 km—
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Data. Hotspots: NASA MODIS & VIIRS (updated ~20 min). Burned-area outlines and sizes: Copernicus Emergency Management Service / EFFIS (CC BY 4.0). Satellite image series: Copernicus Sentinel-2. Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

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