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However, labeled ground truth might not be available in many cases or requires professional expertise to generate them via visual interpretation of aerial photography or field visits. To overcome this problem, we proposed an unsupervised method that derives DCNN training data from fuzzy c-means (FCM) clusters with the highest and lowest probability of being burned. Furthermore, a saliency-guided (SG) approach was deployed to reduce false detections and SAR image speckles. This method defines salient regions with a high probability of being burned. These regions are not affected by noise and can improve the model performance. The developed approach based on the SG-FCM-DCNN model was investigated to map the burned area of Rossomanno-Grottascura-Bellia, Italy. This method significantly improved the burn detection ability of non-saliency-guided models. 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