Started on Aug 30, 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 from an active wildfire near Tiquillaca, Peru, where 23 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the spread of the front. Having started on August 29, 2026, and burning during the dry season, the blaze has already consumed 330 hectares, which translates to 815 acres.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 103,921 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that sits 89% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Peru for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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 353,980 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 62% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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