Wildfire near Céspedes, Cuba (2026)

Wildfire near Céspedes — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Céspedes — 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

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. 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.