Started on Sep 4, 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 400 hectares (988 acres) is currently burning near Parroquia Gran Sabana in Venezuela, having started on September 4, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 16 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to mark the spread of the blaze.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, the dry season. The wider national picture shows that 3,032,523 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 32% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Venezuela for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 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.
The bigger picture in Venezuela
Across Venezuela, roughly 3,119,758 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 31% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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