Started on Sep 12, 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 active wildfire spanning 200 ha (494 acres) is burning near Indian Creek, Belize, having started on September 11, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside eight heat detections over the past 48 hours clustering nearby to show the extent of the spread.
This incident occurs during the dry season, which marks the region's typical fire season.
In context
This wildfire burned in Belize for 2 days. In total it burned about 200 ha (494 acres) — around 2.0 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.
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