Wildfire near Filadelfia (Jul 28), Paraguay (2026)

Wildfire near Filadelfia (Jul 28) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Filadelfia (Jul 28) — 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 29, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning with an intense heat signature detected by satellites, an active wildfire near Filadelfia, Paraguay, has scorched 330 hectares (815 acres) since it began on July 28, 2026.

Monitoring systems have picked up 25 heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the ongoing spread of the blaze.

In context

This wildfire burned in Paraguay for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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.