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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
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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 10 km northeast of Villa de San Antonio.
Summary written on Sep 9, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Villa de San Antonio, Honduras, with eight heat detections registered in the area over the past 48 hours. The blaze has expanded to cover 180 hectares, which is approximately 445 acres, since it started on September 8, 2026.
This ongoing fire activity is occurring during the dry season, which is the region's typical fire season.
In context
This wildfire burned in Honduras for 2 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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.
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