Wildfire near Toro
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Toro, Peru, where 16 separate heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours.
Spanning 400 hectares, or 988 acres, the fire started on September 2, 2026, and is currently burning during the dry season.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 127,266 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 86 percent decrease below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Peru for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 300 ha (741 acres) — about 3.0 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 Peru
Across Peru, roughly 134,408 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 85% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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