Wildfire near Minas, Cuba (2026)

Wildfire near Minas — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Minas — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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 5 km northeast of Minas.

Summary written on Jul 28, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Minas, Cuba, which has scorched 350 ha (865 acres) since it started on 2026-07-27.

The fire's active spread is further evidenced by 18 recent heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.

In context

This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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.