Wildfire near Sagua la Grande (Jul 22)
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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 the city of Sagua la Grande, Cuba, an active wildfire spanning 230 hectares (568 acres) has been tracked since July 22, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the active front, while orbital sensors have recorded 11 heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, indicating the current spread of the incident.
In context
This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 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.
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