Started on Sep 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
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Villa Hayes, Paraguay, where 33 thermal anomalies have been detected over the past 48 hours. Having started on September 28, 2026, the blaze has grown to consume 830 hectares, or approximately 2,051 acres.
This incident unfolds during a wider national context where 710,718 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 77% below the country's two-decade average. Typically, Paraguay experiences its primary fire activity during the southern summer, which runs roughly from November to March.
In context
This wildfire burned in Paraguay for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 km².
In the Southern Hemisphere the season runs the other way, peaking roughly from November through March.
The bigger picture in Paraguay
Across Paraguay, roughly 730,633 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 76% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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