Wildfire near Cumaribo
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
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.
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Colombia
Across Colombia, roughly 965,745 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 54% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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