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Fire view
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
The story so far
Summary written on Jul 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
Burning near the City of Freeport, an active wildfire has scorched 100 ha (247 acres) since its ignition on July 24, 2026. Satellites have registered a moderate heat intensity emanating from the active front, alongside four separate thermal detections over the past 48 hours indicating ongoing spread across the area.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bahamas 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.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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