Wildfire near Puerto Padre, Cuba (2026)

Wildfire near Puerto Padre — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Puerto Padre — 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 25 km west of Puerto Padre.

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

Burning near Puerto Padre in Cuba, an active wildfire spanning 150 hectares (371 acres) has been tracked by satellites registering seven heat detections over the past 48 hours, signaling ongoing local spread since it began on July 28, 2026.

Orbiting sensors are picking up a moderate heat intensity from the fire front, illustrating the steady release of thermal energy as the blaze maintains its active status in the region.

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.