Started on Aug 23, 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
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Nueva Esperanza, Paraguay, where 14 thermal detections have been recorded over the past 48фона hours. Spanning 330 hectares, or approximately 815 acres, the fire has been burning since August 23, 2026.
This incident unfolds during a notably subdued year for fire activity in the country. A total of 482,751 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 84% below the two-decade average. Typically, the region experiences its primary fire season during the southern summer, which runs 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.
In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.
The bigger picture in Paraguay
Across Paraguay, roughly 579,981 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 81% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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