Started on Aug 29, 2026.
Colombia today7 days
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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 with an intense heat signature detected by satellites, an active wildfire spanning 450 hectares (1,112 acres) near La Primavera, Colombia, continues to progress. The incident, which began on August 29, 2026, has prompted 19 heat detections in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the front.
This active incident unfolds within a national context where 958,060 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 54% below the country's two-decade average. Wildfire activity in the region typically aligns with the dry season.
In context
This wildfire burned in Colombia for 2 days. In total it burned about 500 ha (1,236 acres) — around 5.0 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 979,021 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 53% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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