Wildfire near Cumaribo, Colombia (2026)

Wildfire near Cumaribo — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Cumaribo — 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 40 km west of Cumaribo.

Summary written on Jul 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Operating at a low heat intensity according to satellite observations, an active 100-hectare (247-acre) wildfire continues to burn near Cumaribo, Colombia, after starting on July 24, 2026.

Sensors from NASA's FIRMS have registered four distinct heat detections in the vicinity over the past 48 hours, mapping the ongoing spread of the front across the area.

In context

This wildfire burned in Colombia for 4 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.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.