Varbitsa

outVratsa municipality · the centre is 2.6 km from the village

19 Aug, 15:251 detection now · total 1

Detection power

19 Aug, 15:2519 Aug, 15:25

Each dot is a patch of about 400 m where a satellite detected heat.

By day

Day	Detections	Max. power
19 Aug	1	3 MW

Estimate

Field burn

The model gives only a 6% chance that this was a significant fire: it looked like a field or pasture burn. Around the detections: 10% forest, shrubs and grass, 90% farmland.

Chance it was a significant fire: 6%

The estimate comes from a model trained on past fires in Bulgaria. It looks at a fire's first 24 hours: the land, the season and the detections.

First detected: 19 Aug 2026, 15:25
Last detected: 19 Aug 2026, 15:25
Duration: one pass
Detections: 1
Max. power: 3 MW
Extent: 13 ha; The area around the detections: a rough estimate, usually larger than what burned.

Checked against EFFIS

EFFIS mapped this fire: 44 ha burned (started 23 Aug).

Ember.bg did not rate it alert-worthy: it took it for a field burn.

The Record →

What is on the ground

forest 10%
farmland 90%

Crops sown here (ДФЗ data): winter wheat

Nearest villages

Varbitsa2.6 km

Nearby at the same time

Tlachene18 Aug
Tishevitsa19 Aug