Wildfire near Nueva Requena
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
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 1 day. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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 98,561 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 89% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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