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Mazıdağı fire, July 2026 Mazıdağı

Out · last measured on 23 Oct 2026

The fire started on 31 July 2026 in Mazıdağı, Türkiye, and satellites saw it burning for 85 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 661 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality.

It is the 35th largest in Mardin since 2016 (of 131 with a page). Number 18 in Türkiye in 2026, of 109.

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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
661ha
Copernicus perimeter
Duration
85days
31 Jul 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Municipalities hit
1
districts
Started on
31 Jul
2026

Where it burned

The weather it burned in

40°high
56km/h · peak gust
8%lowest humidity

It had gone 6 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

21% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 128 ha in 2024, 14 ha in 2025.

How big is it?

10 km
It burned the equivalent of 0.4% of the area of London (6.6 km² against 1,583 km²).

London boundary: geoBoundaries · Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).

This compares size, not location: both shapes are at the same scale, north up, centred on each other.

What happened to each town

  1. Mazıdağı 35,757 inhabitants · 12.1 km from the centre where it started
    662 ha
    0.8 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance runs from the point marking the centre of each area to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

What burned

  • Agricultural areas51 %
  • Other natural land49 %

Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.

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) · forecast models, provisional until the ERA5 reanalysis arrives

Day High Min. humidity Peak gust Rain Danger (FWI)
31 Jul 39.8 °C 50 % 10 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
1 Aug 39.4 °C 50 % 10 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
2 Aug 39.6 °C 50 % 10 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
3 Aug 38.2 °C 50 % 10 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
4 Aug 38.7 °C 50 % 10 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
5 Aug 39.0 °C 8 % 55 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
6 Aug 37.2 °C 11 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
7 Aug 36.5 °C 15 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
8 Aug 36.7 °C 12 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
9 Aug 36.7 °C 15 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
10 Aug 35.6 °C 17 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
11 Aug 36.1 °C 14 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
12 Aug 37.7 °C 11 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
13 Aug 37.0 °C 11 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
14 Aug 35.9 °C 13 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
15 Aug 32.7 °C 30 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
16 Aug 32.7 °C 22 % 49 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
17 Aug 31.8 °C 21 % 44 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
18 Aug 31.0 °C 20 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
19 Aug 33.3 °C 19 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
20 Aug 33.7 °C 13 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
21 Aug 36.5 °C 14 % 43 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
22 Aug 37.7 °C 14 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
23 Aug 38.4 °C 14 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
24 Aug 35.6 °C 15 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
25 Aug 35.2 °C 15 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
26 Aug 34.6 °C 15 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
27 Aug 35.4 °C 18 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
28 Aug 34.8 °C 16 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
29 Aug 33.7 °C 16 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
30 Aug 31.0 °C 21 % 38 km/h 1.6 mm fwi. 0
31 Aug 29.6 °C 27 % 31 km/h 0.1 mm fwi. 0
1 Sept 32.4 °C 22 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
2 Sept 33.5 °C 16 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
3 Sept 34.5 °C 14 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
4 Sept 34.4 °C 15 % 46 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
5 Sept 34.5 °C 16 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
6 Sept 34.2 °C 17 % 45 km/h 1.8 mm fwi. 0
7 Sept 32.3 °C 13 % 50 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
8 Sept 29.5 °C 11 % 56 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
9 Sept 30.7 °C 12 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
10 Sept 32.4 °C 11 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
11 Sept 33.2 °C 10 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
12 Sept 33.7 °C 11 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
13 Sept 33.8 °C 8 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
14 Sept 32.8 °C 14 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
15 Sept 31.3 °C 21 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
16 Sept 31.0 °C 21 % 38 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
17 Sept 31.6 °C 18 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
18 Sept 32.2 °C 14 % 53 km/h 1.0 mm fwi. 0
19 Sept 28.7 °C 27 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
20 Sept 30.8 °C 21 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
21 Sept 28.6 °C 29 % 40 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
22 Sept 32.1 °C 21 % 53 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
23 Sept 29.2 °C 29 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
24 Sept 28.5 °C 28 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
25 Sept 28.7 °C 28 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
26 Sept 30.8 °C 24 % 25 km/h 0.4 mm fwi. 0
27 Sept 32.7 °C 18 % 41 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
28 Sept 25.9 °C 37 % 47 km/h 0.2 mm fwi. 0
29 Sept 23.9 °C 36 % 42 km/h 0.2 mm fwi. 0
30 Sept 24.9 °C 32 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
1 Oct 22.9 °C 43 % 29 km/h 15.2 mm fwi. 0
2 Oct 20.6 °C 57 % 36 km/h 7.4 mm fwi. 0
3 Oct 21.5 °C 46 % 32 km/h 6.1 mm fwi. 0
4 Oct 22.9 °C 39 % 25 km/h 0.3 mm fwi. 0
5 Oct 22.4 °C 45 % 30 km/h 4.6 mm fwi. 0
6 Oct 19.8 °C 59 % 38 km/h 5.7 mm fwi. 0
7 Oct 21.6 °C 38 % 31 km/h 0.2 mm fwi. 0
8 Oct 23.4 °C 32 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
9 Oct 22.2 °C 43 % 24 km/h 13.5 mm fwi. 0
10 Oct 23.1 °C 29 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
11 Oct 24.0 °C 33 % 22 km/h 0.7 mm fwi. 0
12 Oct 22.7 °C 50 % 35 km/h 3.8 mm fwi. 0
13 Oct 21.7 °C 52 % 36 km/h 15.2 mm fwi. 0
14 Oct 25.8 °C 45 % 47 km/h 5.0 mm fwi. 0
15 Oct 24.7 °C 46 % 49 km/h 12.6 mm fwi. 0
16 Oct 22.8 °C 48 % 34 km/h 1.2 mm fwi. 0
17 Oct 23.8 °C 38 % 30 km/h 1.7 mm fwi. 0
18 Oct 22.7 °C 40 % 34 km/h 4.0 mm fwi. 0
19 Oct 20.7 °C 37 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
20 Oct 21.5 °C 34 % 18 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
21 Oct 21.1 °C 45 % 20 km/h 0.4 mm fwi. 0
22 Oct 21.5 °C 38 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
23 Oct 21.5 °C 30 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
24 Oct after 21.9 °C 36 % 17 km/h 0.0 mm fwi. 0
25 Oct after 20.9 °C 45 % 20 km/h 0.2 mm fwi. 0

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 24 Jul 2026
After · 25 Oct 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 1 August 2026 the air beside the fire reached 14 µg/m³ of PM2.5, but no daily average passed the WHO guideline (15).

PM2.5 peak14 µg/m³
Days over the guideline0 days
PM1028 µg/m³
Optical depth0.39
293031123
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 Mazıdağı fire last?
According to the heat detections seen by satellite inside the perimeter, it burned from 31 July 2026 to 23 October 2026 (85 days). The perimeter dates it from 31 July 2026 to 31 July 2026.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 661 hectares (6.6 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire only entered Mazıdağı (662 ha, 0.8 %).
Is the Mazıdağı fire still active?
No fire detections since 23 October 2026. A lack of detections is not an official extinction.
Did the fire reach a town?
The fire started in Mazıdağı and came within 12.1 km of its centre. That is the distance from the perimeter, or the nearest hotspot, to the point marking the centre; it does not mean it entered the houses.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 39.8 °C, humidity dropped to 8 % and gusts hit 56 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 0, class Very low.
Where does this data come from?
From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Türkiye (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.

Emergency number: 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.

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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 31 July 2026 to 31 July 2026. No Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
  • We have not matched this page with any official record.
  • Weather: ECMWF IFS model, provisional until the ERA5 reanalysis arrives. No FWI: there are fewer than 30 days of data before the start.

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 (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0). 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.