Wildfire near La Primavera (Jul 24), Colombia (2026)

Wildfire near La Primavera (Jul 24) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near La Primavera (Jul 24) — 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 90 km east of La Primavera.

Summary written on Jul 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near La Primavera, Colombia, an active wildfire spanning 130 ha (321 acres) that began on July 24, 2026, has prompted satellites to detect a moderate heat signature from its front.

Mapping systems indicate that five recent heat detections have clustered nearby in the area over the last 48 hours.

In context

This wildfire burned in Colombia for 4 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 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.