Most recent Sentinel-2 overpass captures the full extent of the western İzmir complex. Originating near Orhanlı on June 29, two separate fires spread more than 13km south in 2 days, driven by northeasterly winds, nearly converging near Ürkmez. Total area burned >10,000 ha.

July 2, 2025 09:04 UTC

24 saat önce alınan Sentinel-2 görüntüsü, Kavakdere yakınlarında başlayıp Orhanlı, Payamlı ve Doğanbey üzerinden Ürkmez'e ulaşan ve Kuşadası-Seferihisar yolunu geçen geniş bir yanık alanını gösteriyor. Bir sonraki geçişin 23 saat içinde olması bekleniyor.

Saati: 30 Haziran 2025, 11:56 TRT.

Sentinel-2 imagery captured 24 hours ago shows widespread burning originating near Kavakdere and extending south through Orhanlı, Payamlı, and Doğanbey, reaching Ürkmez town and crossing the Kuşadası-Seferihisar highway. Next Sentinel pass expected in 23 hours.

Captured at 11:56 TRT, 30 June 2025.

This Meteosat-9 GeoColor satellite image with VIS (0.635 µm) and IR (3.9 µm) band overlays shows fire activity from the Western İzmir Complex and Manisa-Akhisar blaze intensifying into the evening with smoke drifting west over the Aegean.

#Seferihisar #İzmir #Ürkmez #Akhisar

Meteosat‑10 Band 1 (0.635 µm) imagery from earlier today shows faint smoke drift from the Western İzmir Province Complex.

The signal is subtle due to resolution limits, but movement is visible off the central west coast of the country.

FIRMS satellite data confirms concentrated heat detections across the Western İzmir Province Complex across the hills above Seferihisar and between Payamlı and Ürkmez, aligning with ongoing fire activity.

My parents are currently sheltering on a beach along the coast, waiting this out.

They evacuated earlier today as the Western İzmir Province Complex in Türkiye advanced through the hills between Seferihisar, Payamlı, and Ürkmez.

Roads closed and power out across the region.

Found in Jasper. Anyone else see what I see?

2025’s off to a hot start. And that 2023 line is wild... and it marks my rookie season as a wildland firefighter, what a year.

Very excited to share that I have accepted a @centa.bsky.social funded PhD in wildfire science working with supervisors from the @unibirmingham.bsky.social, @exeter.ac.uk, and @thompsonriversu.bsky.social. After two seasons as an IA firefighter with BCWS, I’m looking forward to this next chapter 🔥

And some more from 2023 - Canada’s most destructive season on record

First post on here - hey! I’m Zak, a wildland firefighter with the BC Wildfire Service and a former climate science journalist and enviro lab technician.

Here’s some snaps from the frontlines, the last two seasons in the Canadian backcountry.

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