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.

57measured burned areas · 42 days
18,550hectares burned · 42 days
Sep 30, 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
221 haSep 30, 2026Sep 30, 2026Oryahovo · 9 km—
Burned area near Cherven Bryag from space191 haSep 30, 2026Sep 30, 2026Cherven Bryag · 6 kmsatellite series →
560 haSep 27, 2026Sep 30, 2026Maglizh · 4 km—
224 haSep 27, 2026Sep 27, 2026Gŭlŭbovo · 11 km—
287 haSep 21, 2026Sep 24, 2026Mizia · 4 km—
239 haSep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Slivnitsa · 4 km—
375 haSep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Hisarya · 10 km—
186 haSep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Gŭlŭbovo · 11 km—
357 haJul 19, 2026Sep 23, 2026Pirdop—
168 haSep 22, 2026Sep 22, 2026Iskar · 6 km—
159 haSep 21, 2026Sep 21, 2026Veliko Tŭrnovo—
366 haSep 21, 2026Sep 21, 2026Ruzhintsi · 9 km—
190 haSep 21, 2026Sep 21, 2026Ruzhintsi · 8 km—
332 haSep 20, 2026Sep 21, 2026Lom · 14 km—
410 haSep 20, 2026Sep 21, 2026Berkovitsa · 10 km—
215 haSep 20, 2026Sep 20, 2026Knezha · 8 km—
176 haSep 19, 2026Sep 19, 2026Dolni Dabnik · 11 km—
200 haSep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026Varshets · 6 km—
195 haSep 17, 2026Sep 17, 2026Pazardzhik · 5 km—
796 haSep 11, 2026Sep 12, 2026Gurkovo · 5 km—
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—
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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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