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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
The story so far
About 35 km north of Sierra Imataca.
An intense wildfire burned near Sierra Imataca, Venezuela, before coming to an end. Burning over the course of two days after starting on November 8, 2026, the incident produced an intense heat signature captured by satellites, which also detected 11 heat signatures clustering nearby and pointed to a rough estimated size of 300 hectares, or 741 acres.
This fire occurred against the backdrop of Venezuela's typical dry season. Across the country, a total of 3,205,680 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 29 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Venezuela for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.
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 3,206,245 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 29% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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