EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Bahía Negra

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
300 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Jul 28, 2026
Wildfire near Bahía Negra — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Bahía Negra — 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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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 29, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire spanning 300 hectares (741 acres) continues to burn near Bahía Negra, Paraguay, after starting on July 28, 2026.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature alongside 12 recent heat detections clustering near the fire.

In context

This wildfire burned in Paraguay for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 Paraguay

Across Paraguay, roughly 760,918 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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