How long did the Daquq fire last?

According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 16 July 2026 to 23 October 2026 (100 days). The perimeter dates it from 18 July 2026 to 22 October 2026.

How much area did it burn?

The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 1,013 hectares (10.1 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire only entered Daquq (1,017 ha, 0.4 %).

Is the Daquq fire still active?

No fire detections since 23 Oct 2026, 11:08 UTC. A lack of detections is not an official extinction.

What was the weather like?

During the fire the temperature reached 48.4 °C, humidity dropped to 5 % and gusts hit 60 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 84, class Very extreme.

Where does this data come from?

From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Iraq (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

IQ · Iraq · 2026-07-16 → 2026-10-23

Daquq fire, 16 July 2026 Daquq

Dying down · last detection 23 Oct 2026, 11:08 UTC

The fire started on 16 July 2026 in Daquq, Iraq, and satellites saw it burning for 100 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 1,013 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.

This page is probably a fire complex, not a single fire. GWIS merges into one perimeter the fires that touch over weeks, which in large burning seasons can join dozens of separate fires. The total area is reliable; the origin and dates refer to the whole complex.

It is the 28th largest in Kirkuk since 2016 (of 28 with a page). Number 20 in Iraq in 2026, of 20.

Is it still active?

No detections since 23 Oct 2026, 11:08 UTC. That usually means no flame is visible from space any more, although hotspots may remain. Satellites pass a few times a day and cloud or smoke can hide the fire: a lack of detections is not an official extinction. Each country’s emergency service declares a fire contained or out.

Burnt area: 1,013ha; GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration: 100days; 16 Jul 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Municipalities hit: 1; districts
Started on: 16 Jul; 2026
Heat detections: 491; in a single hotspot: 55 MW
Danger at start: 6; Low · FWI index
Energy released: 6.5GW; sum of detected power

Play back 23 Oct 2026

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 16 Jul23 Oct

How it evolved, day by day

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Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.

The weather it burned in

48°high

60km/h · peak gust

5%lowest humidity

It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

What happened to each town

Daquq where it started

1,017 ha reached on 16 Jul

0.4 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the GWIS perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

Day	High	Min. humidity	Peak gust	Rain	Danger (FWI)
18 Jul	44.6 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 6
19 Jul	43.9 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 7
20 Jul	42.4 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 8
21 Jul	45.9 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 10
22 Jul	45.9 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 11
23 Jul	45.5 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 12
24 Jul	44.3 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 12
25 Jul	42.9 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 13
26 Jul	41.5 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 14
27 Jul	41.0 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 15
28 Jul	43.8 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 16
29 Jul	47.3 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 16
30 Jul	48.0 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 17
31 Jul	47.9 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 18
1 Aug	47.1 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 19
2 Aug	47.7 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 19
3 Aug	48.0 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 20
4 Aug	48.4 °C	50 %	10 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 21
5 Aug	45.9 °C	7 %	47 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 65
6 Aug	45.3 °C	8 %	38 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
7 Aug	44.4 °C	10 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 58
8 Aug	43.9 °C	9 %	33 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
9 Aug	43.4 °C	11 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 63
10 Aug	44.7 °C	11 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 59
11 Aug	45.3 °C	9 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
12 Aug	45.8 °C	8 %	60 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 73
13 Aug	46.9 °C	8 %	38 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 72
14 Aug	45.8 °C	8 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 59
15 Aug	44.0 °C	12 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 61
16 Aug	42.9 °C	11 %	42 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 82
17 Aug	42.5 °C	12 %	33 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 66
18 Aug	42.4 °C	11 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 73
19 Aug	38.9 °C	12 %	32 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 63
20 Aug	41.4 °C	9 %	39 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 71
21 Aug	43.7 °C	12 %	33 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
22 Aug	44.4 °C	9 %	44 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 78
23 Aug	44.4 °C	9 %	22 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 56
24 Aug	44.4 °C	9 %	42 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 77
25 Aug	46.5 °C	5 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 79
26 Aug	45.8 °C	10 %	33 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 69
27 Aug	43.1 °C	9 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 70
28 Aug	42.2 °C	10 %	37 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 74
29 Aug	43.9 °C	9 %	44 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 77
30 Aug	41.1 °C	12 %	35 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 70
31 Aug	35.9 °C	21 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 53
1 Sept	37.4 °C	17 %	26 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 53
2 Sept	40.2 °C	14 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
3 Sept	42.0 °C	10 %	48 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 84
4 Sept	41.3 °C	10 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 55
5 Sept	42.8 °C	7 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 71
6 Sept	43.1 °C	8 %	26 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 61
7 Sept	41.9 °C	12 %	43 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 73
8 Sept	38.7 °C	9 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 69
9 Sept	37.0 °C	8 %	26 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 58
10 Sept	39.1 °C	9 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 59
11 Sept	40.9 °C	8 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 66
12 Sept	40.5 °C	6 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 64
13 Sept	40.6 °C	8 %	35 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 74
14 Sept	40.6 °C	8 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 68
15 Sept	39.1 °C	9 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 69
16 Sept	39.3 °C	10 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 62
17 Sept	40.0 °C	10 %	19 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 58
18 Sept	40.6 °C	9 %	42 km/h	0.0 mm	Very extreme 79
19 Sept	37.6 °C	14 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
20 Sept	34.7 °C	22 %	24 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 48
21 Sept	36.8 °C	15 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 46
22 Sept	40.8 °C	13 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 57
23 Sept	41.0 °C	11 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
24 Sept	38.3 °C	14 %	30 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
25 Sept	38.9 °C	14 %	35 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 64
26 Sept	41.0 °C	11 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
27 Sept	41.0 °C	11 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 58
28 Sept	38.9 °C	14 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 67
29 Sept	32.7 °C	24 %	32 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 53
30 Sept	32.0 °C	24 %	25 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 43
1 Oct	32.0 °C	29 %	35 km/h	0.8 mm	High 36
2 Oct	31.3 °C	32 %	43 km/h	1.0 mm	High 34
3 Oct	30.9 °C	26 %	18 km/h	0.0 mm	High 32
4 Oct	31.0 °C	23 %	21 km/h	0.0 mm	High 37
5 Oct	32.0 °C	19 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 49
6 Oct	35.3 °C	26 %	35 km/h	1.2 mm	Very high 47
7 Oct	31.2 °C	38 %	25 km/h	1.0 mm	High 25
8 Oct	33.4 °C	28 %	20 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
9 Oct	33.3 °C	24 %	32 km/h	0.4 mm	Very high 46
10 Oct	32.8 °C	26 %	18 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
11 Oct	31.4 °C	28 %	51 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 60
12 Oct	32.5 °C	25 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 42
13 Oct	31.8 °C	26 %	32 km/h	2.8 mm	Moderate 19
14 Oct	37.1 °C	15 %	30 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 50
15 Oct	38.0 °C	13 %	35 km/h	0.1 mm	Extreme 64
16 Oct	36.6 °C	17 %	38 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 53
17 Oct	35.5 °C	16 %	29 km/h	0.1 mm	Extreme 52
18 Oct	35.0 °C	18 %	30 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 54

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

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Before · 9 Jul 2026

After · 23 Oct 2026

Before After

If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.

The smoke

CAMS · Copernicus

On 19 September 2026 the air beside the fire reached 46 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 31: 2.1 times the WHO daily guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak46 µg/m³

Days over the guideline36 days

PM10194 µg/m³

Optical depth1.32

WHO 15

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Good Fair Moderate Poor Very poor Extremely poor

Particles from the Copernicus CAMS model at the centre of the perimeter; these are not measurements in each town. The pale bar is the worst hour, the solid one the daily average.

Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)

Detections table · 491Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.

⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.

Date and time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Daquq fire last?: According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 16 July 2026 to 23 October 2026 (100 days). The perimeter dates it from 18 July 2026 to 22 October 2026.
How much area did it burn?: The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 1,013 hectares (10.1 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire only entered Daquq (1,017 ha, 0.4 %).
Is the Daquq fire still active?: No fire detections since 23 Oct 2026, 11:08 UTC. A lack of detections is not an official extinction.
What was the weather like?: During the fire the temperature reached 48.4 °C, humidity dropped to 5 % and gusts hit 60 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 84, class Very extreme.
Where does this data come from?: From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Iraq (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.

Satellite cross-check

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter comes from the Copernicus Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), which rebuilds it from MODIS and VIIRS heat detections and publishes it under CC BY 4.0. It is not measured on imagery as in Europe, so it is an estimate. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Municipal boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ from each country’s official figure.