Started on Aug 25, 2026.
Colombia today7 days
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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
An active wildfire is currently burning near Ricaurte, Colombia, having scorched 600 hectares, or approximately 1,483 acres, since it started on August 21, 2026. Satellites monitoring the incident are picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 29 heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current extent of the spread during the dry season.
This incident occurs within a broader national context where 947,688 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 55% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Colombia for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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.
The bigger picture in Colombia
Across Colombia, roughly 1,018,958 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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