Started on Oct 5, 2026.
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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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Accocunca, Peru, which has spread across 700 hectares (1,730 acres) since it started on October 5, 2026. Infrared monitoring from NASA FIRMS has registered 38 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire front as it burns through the region during the dry season.
This incident unfolds within a broader national landscape where 279,040 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 70% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Peru for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 700 ha (1,730 acres) — about 7.0 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.
The bigger picture in Peru
Across Peru, roughly 279,040 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 70% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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