Wildfire near Filadelfia
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near Filadelfia, Paraguay, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 350 hectares, or 865 acres, since it started on July 27, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, alongside 29 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Paraguay for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 350 ha (865 acres) — about 3.5 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 391,402 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 87% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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