Wildfire near Fuerte Olimpo
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire spanning 330 ha (815 acres) has been burning near Fuerte Olimpo, Paraguay, since July 29, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside 18 heat detections clustered in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in Paraguay for 1 day. 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 403,939 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 87% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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