Wildfire near juancho
Started on Jul 27, 2026.
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near the city of juancho in the Dominican Republic, a 100-hectare (247-acre) wildfire maintained an average daily growth of approximately 33 hectares per day over a three-day period. Satellites detected six heat signatures nearby, though sensors picked up only a low heat intensity from the front.
Having started on July 27, 2026, the incident is now officially ended.
In context
This wildfire burned in Dominican Republic for 2 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.
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