Wildfire near Urbano Noris, Cuba (2026)

Wildfire near Urbano Noris — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Urbano Noris — 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

Summary written on Jul 31, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire near Urbano Noris, Cuba, with five heat detections logged over the past 48 hours. The blaze has expanded to cover 130 hectares, or 321 acres.

Burning in the vicinity of Urbano Noris, the fire has been active since July 30, 2026.

In context

This wildfire burned in Cuba for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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.