Started on Sep 8, 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
An intense heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over an active wildfire burning near Filadelfia, Paraguay, where the fire front is fiercely consuming vegetation. Having started on September 8, 2026, the blaze has already expanded to cover 330 hectares, which translates to 815 acres.
Operational satellite monitoring reveals that 19 distinct heat detections have clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the active front across the landscape. The incident occurs within a national context where 566,350 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 81% below the two-decade average.
This fire activity is developing ahead of the region's typical fire season, which generally aligns with the southern summer running roughly from November to March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Paraguay for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 Paraguay
Across Paraguay, roughly 735,998 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 76% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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