Wildfire near Ciego de Ávila, Cuba (2026)

Wildfire near Ciego de Ávila — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Ciego de Ávila — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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 15 km northeast of Ciego de Ávila.

Summary written on Jul 30, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Spanning 100 hectares (247 acres), an active wildfire near Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, continues to burn following its outbreak on July 30, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside 13 nearby heat detections clustering in the area over the last 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the fire.

In context

This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 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.