Northern Hemisphere fire season is back — all at once.
1,352 active wildfire perimeters. 9,444 hotspot cells. 5 continents. ~1.5M acres burning in 24h. 177 fires at the wildland-urban interface.
https://www.disasteraware.com/news-event/northern-hemisphere-fire-season-1352-perimeters-may-2026
Northern Hemisphere fire season is back — all at once. In the last 24 hours, DisasterAWARE detected 1,352 active wildfire perimeters and 9,444 thermal hotspot cells across five continents — about 1.5 million acres of burning footprint.
