EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near San Juan del Cesar

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
100 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Jul 22, 2026
Wildfire near San Juan del Cesar — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near San Juan del Cesar — 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

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The story so far

About 25 km north of San Juan del Cesar.

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire spanning 100 hectares (247 acres) has been burning in Colombia near San Juan del Cesar since July 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside four thermal detections clustered in the area over the past 48 hours.

In context

This wildfire burned in Colombia for 2 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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.

The bigger picture in Colombia

Across Colombia, roughly 1,029,054 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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