Started on Aug 29, 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 an intense heat signature over an active wildfire burning near Nueva Requena, Peru, where 16 heat detections have been registered in the last 48 hours. The blaze, which started on August 29, 2026, has consumed 350 hectares, or 865 acres, of land during the dry season.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 98,561 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 89% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Peru for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 Peru
Across Peru, roughly 338,458 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 63% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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