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Wildfire near Encrucijada

Ended · 300 hectares (741 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
300Hectares741Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 28, 2026.

Wildfire near Encrucijada — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Encrucijada — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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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

Burning near Encrucijada, Cuba, the active wildfire spans 230 hectares (568 acres) since it started on July 28, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a low heat signature from the fire front.

In the surrounding area, orbital sensors have detected a cluster of 10 heat detections over the past 48 hours, mapping the ongoing activity of the blaze.

In context

This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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.

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