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Wildfire near Morón

Ended · 150 hectares (371 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
150Hectares371Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Jul 28, 2026.

Wildfire near Morón — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Morón — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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

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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 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.

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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