Started on Sep 2, 2026.
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
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 burned in Peru for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 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 166,838 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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