Wildfire near La Dorada, Colombia (2026)

Wildfire near La Dorada — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near La Dorada — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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 10 km southwest of La Dorada.

Summary written on Sep 10, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near La Dorada, Colombia, where 12 separate heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the spread of the front across 300 hectares (741 acres). Having started on September 9, 2026, the fire continues to burn actively through the local landscape.

This incident unfolds during the typical fire season, characterized locally as the dry season. The broader wildfire activity in Colombia remains below historical norms, with 973,272 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a 53% decrease compared to the two-decade average.

In context

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