Wildfire near Céspedes
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Spanning 230 hectares (568 acres) since it began on July 22, 2026, an active wildfire near Céspedes, Cuba, continues to burn with satellites picking up a moderate heat signature from the front. Across the surrounding area, 15 thermal anomalies have been detected over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the incident.
In context
This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 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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