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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Key facts
Source: NIFCThe story so far
Summary written on Jul 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
Spanning 1,900 acres of private land in Baca County, Colorado, the naturally caused Mt. Carmel Fire remains active following its start on July 23, 2026.
In context
This wildfire burned in Colorado for 1 day. In total it burned about 1,900 acres — around 7.7 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,442,406 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 37% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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