Wildfire near Camagüey
Started on Aug 5, 2026.
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire is currently burning near Camagüey, Cuba, having scorched 130 hectares (321 acres) since it began on August 5, 2026. Operating within the region's typical fire season—which spans the warm, dry months roughly from May to October—the incident is maintaining a steady progression across the landscape.
Satellites monitoring the situation are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active fire front, while NASA FIRMS has registered five heat detections over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current extent and spatial clustering of the heat signatures nearby.
In context
This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
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