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Holo Prystan fire, 7 July 2026 Скадовський район · Ukraine

Out · last measured on 16 Aug 2026

The fire started on 7 July 2026 in Holo Prystan, Ukraine, and satellites saw it burning for 41 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 444 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 239th largest in Kherson Oblast since 2016 (of 1102 with a page). Number 165 in Ukraine in 2026, of 984.

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Suggestions: Kakhovka · 2023Oleshky · 2026Holo Prystan · 2024Holo Prystan · 2025

We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but not yet its hotspots: NASA publishes the yearly hotspot archive only once the year closes. The page picks it up automatically when it is available.

Burnt area
444ha
Copernicus perimeter
Duration
41days
7 Jul 2026 – 16 Aug 2026
Municipalities hit
0
districts
Started on
7 Jul
2026
Danger at start
37
High · FWI index

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

36°high
52km/h · peak gust
22%lowest humidity

It had gone 2 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 3.0 mm on 19 Aug.

This area had burned before

97% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 414 ha in 2024, 159 ha in 2025. Part of it burned more than once, so the yearly figures add up to more than the 432 ha that had burned before.

What burned

  • Other natural land56 %
  • Agricultural areas44 %

Land cover inside the perimeter as reported by Copernicus EFFIS (outside the Corine Land Cover area).

People and buildings inside the perimeter

GHSL 2025
Built-up area0.48 ha
Residents< 20

Inside the perimeter there were about 0.48 hectares of built-up land and almost nobody lived there (GHSL 2025, satellite-based estimate).

This is an estimate on 100 m cells, made from satellite imagery and census data: it does not mean that homes burned or that anyone was harmed. The perimeter also contains land that never burned. The GHSL 2025 epoch is a projection made from 2020 and earlier data.

Source: Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-BUILT-S and GHS-POP R2023A), European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), © European Union, CC BY 4.0. Sum inside the perimeter computed by WorldFires. human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu

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)
7 Jul 28.5 °C 29 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
8 Jul 26.5 °C 66 % 52 km/h 4.2 mm High 31
9 Jul 23.9 °C 62 % 32 km/h 11.8 mm Very low 1
10 Jul 21.4 °C 64 % 32 km/h 12.8 mm Very low 0
11 Jul 26.1 °C 46 % 36 km/h 0.4 mm Very low 5
12 Jul 24.7 °C 48 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 14
13 Jul 24.9 °C 57 % 30 km/h 0.4 mm Moderate 15
14 Jul 27.0 °C 48 % 34 km/h 1.3 mm Moderate 19
15 Jul 28.6 °C 49 % 32 km/h 0.4 mm Moderate 14
16 Jul 30.8 °C 40 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
17 Jul 28.3 °C 44 % 30 km/h 1.1 mm High 23
18 Jul 28.2 °C 31 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
19 Jul 29.2 °C 38 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
20 Jul 29.5 °C 47 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
21 Jul 25.0 °C 60 % 44 km/h 0.3 mm High 24
22 Jul 27.2 °C 42 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 19
23 Jul 24.0 °C 52 % 46 km/h 4.9 mm Low 8
24 Jul 26.3 °C 36 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
25 Jul 26.8 °C 40 % 40 km/h 0.2 mm High 32
26 Jul 28.4 °C 35 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
27 Jul 27.8 °C 41 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 42
28 Jul 27.4 °C 41 % 46 km/h 2.5 mm Moderate 21
29 Jul 26.3 °C 32 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
30 Jul 27.4 °C 36 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
31 Jul 29.7 °C 30 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
1 Aug 31.6 °C 23 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
2 Aug 33.4 °C 22 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
3 Aug 33.9 °C 24 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 48
4 Aug 35.3 °C 25 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 58
5 Aug 35.2 °C 26 % 21 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
6 Aug 35.7 °C 28 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
7 Aug 36.2 °C 24 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 59
8 Aug 35.8 °C 22 % 42 km/h 0.1 mm Extreme 53
9 Aug 31.2 °C 40 % 45 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 55
10 Aug 31.6 °C 44 % 31 km/h 0.1 mm High 33
11 Aug 33.2 °C 37 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
12 Aug 30.0 °C 31 % 47 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 57
13 Aug 26.1 °C 28 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm Extreme 50
14 Aug 26.7 °C 28 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
15 Aug 27.5 °C 26 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 43
16 Aug 28.3 °C 31 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
17 Aug after 29.7 °C 33 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
18 Aug after 29.1 °C 38 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 45
19 Aug after 24.1 °C 50 % 31 km/h 3.0 mm Low 9

Its twins: fires that started in the same weather

It started with an FWI of 37.0, a minimum humidity of 29% and 2 days without rain. Fires in the area that started in weather like this since 2022: 16.

FWI at the start 37.0
Minimum humidity 29 %
Days without rain 2
this fire chosen twins rest of the area
Almost identicalSimilar

Outlines of the closest twins

Kakhovka fire, September 2023
187 ha 3 days FWI 37.2 Min. humidity 29 % 107 km away, in 2023

First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: none in the following ten days.

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What happened to them

3 days
median duration
255 ha
median area
0 %
went past 1,000 ha
3.5 mm
rain at the end (median; 12 of 16 had it)

It was 1.7 times larger than the median of its twins and lasted 41 days, against 3 days.

Only 3 of its 16 twins burned more. The weather on the first day does not explain everything: the wind in the following days, the fuel and the firefighting also count. In 4 of 16, not even 1 mm fell in the ten days after the end: they went out without rain. In the rest, the first rainy day brought a median of 3.5 mm.

This is a bank of analogues: it shows what usually happens, not what will happen. With fewer than 15 twins we give no figures. How we calculate it

How it ended

3.0 mmfirst rain
19 Aug3 days after it ended
52km/h · max. gust

It was considered over on 16 Aug, and on 19 Aug 3.0 mm fell. We do not know whether the rain or the firefighters put it out. Twins with rain when they ended: 12 of 16, with a median of 3.5 mm.

Weather on this page: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)

How a twin is chosen

  • Same area: fires that have already ended, less than 250 km from this one, since 2022.
  • Same start: we compare the FWI on the first day, the minimum humidity that day and the run of days without rain before it. The slider sets how much they may differ.
  • Only pages with final weather data (ERA5 reanalysis) calculated in the same way as this fire’s; agricultural and grass burns and pages with data under review are left out.
  • Fires burning at the same time as this one (a week before or after) are left out: they share the same spell of weather and do not count as a precedent.
  • They are sorted by similarity, and the outlines of the first five are drawn.

How we calculate it

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 30 Jun 2026
After · 23 Aug 2026

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 8 July 2026 the air beside the fire reached 6 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak6 µg/m³
Days over the guideline0 days
PM1012 µg/m³
Optical depth0.46
5 Jul7 Jul9 Jul
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)

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Holo Prystan fire last?
According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 7 July 2026 to 16 August 2026 (41 days). The perimeter dates it from 7 July 2026 to 7 July 2026.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 444 hectares (4.4 km²). Official national figures may differ.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 36.2 °C, humidity dropped to 22 % and gusts hit 52 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 59, class Extreme.
Where does this data come from?
From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Ukraine (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.
How did the fires that started in similar weather in this area end?
Fires less than 250 km away that started since 2022 with a similar FWI, humidity and dry spell: 16. Their median duration was 3 days and their median area 255 ha; 0 % went past 1,000 ha. Only 3 of its 16 twins burned more. The weather on the first day does not explain everything: the wind in the following days, the fuel and the firefighting also count. In 4 of 16, not even 1 mm fell in the ten days after the end: they went out without rain. In the rest, the first rainy day brought a median of 3.5 mm.

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.

Emergency number: 101 · 112 · Emergency number and official warnings

Satellite cross-check

History of this page Changes in area, dates, name, official record or merged pages, compared every night since 24 October 2026.

No changes since 24 October 2026.

RSS Changes to this page With cross-checks and a citable version

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How we know this
  • Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
  • Dates adjusted with the VIIRS detections inside the perimeter, which said 7 July 2026 to 7 July 2026. No Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
  • We have not matched this page with any official record.
  • Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
  • Built-up area and population come from the JRC Global Human Settlement Layer (epoch 2025, 100 m cells), summed inside the perimeter: an estimate of what was there, not a damage count.

How we build fire pages: methodology

Where this data comes from

The perimeter and land cover come from the Copernicus European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), measured on MODIS and Sentinel-2 imagery and published under CC BY 4.0. 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 (Public Domain). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from each country’s official figure.