Wildfire near Spanish Town
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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 Spanish Town in Jamaica, an active wildfire has scorched 100 hectares, equivalent to 247 acres, since it started on August 21, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat intensity from the fire's front, while four heat detections have been registered over the last 48 hours to indicate how far the fire has spread in the area.
This ongoing fire activity occurs during the dry season, which is the region's typical fire season.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Jamaica for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 100 ha (247 acres) — about 1.0 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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