Wildfire near Morón
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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 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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