Wildfire near Mella (Jul 22)
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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 Mella, Cuba, an active wildfire has scorched 150 hectares (371 acres) since it began on July 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a low heat signature, reflecting the modest intensity of the active front.
Monitoring systems have registered six heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current footprint of the fire near Mella.
In context
This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 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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