Wildfire near Morón, Cuba (2026)

Wildfire near Morón — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Morón — 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 5 km northeast of Morón.

Summary written on Jul 29, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Morón, Cuba, an active wildfire spanning 150 ha (371 acres) has been tracked since July 28, 2026. Satellite sensors are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, indicating steady combustion as the incident continues to develop.

In the surrounding area, monitoring systems have registered six heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing activity and spatial extent of the fire near the city.

In context

This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 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.