Started on Aug 28, 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
Burning through 300 hectares, or approximately 741 acres, an active wildfire is currently scorching the landscape near South Abaco in the Bahamas after starting on August 23, 2026. Satellites monitoring the incident are picking up a low heat signature from the active front, while regional tracking over the past 48 hours has identified 14 separate heat detections clustered nearby, indicating the current spread of the fire.
This ongoing blaze is developing against the backdrop of the region's typical fire season, which generally spans the warm and dry months running roughly from May to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Bahamas for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
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