Wildfire near San Felipe, Belize (2026)

Wildfire near San Felipe — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near San Felipe — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 30 km west of San Felipe.

Summary written on Jul 29, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning in Belize, an active wildfire spanning 100 hectares (247 acres) has triggered four satellite heat detections over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the front. Satellites are also picking up an intense heat signature from the blaze.

Having started on July 28, 2026, the fire continues to burn.

In context

This wildfire burned in Belize for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.