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Wildfire briefing: Guatemala

A short, quotable summary of the last 24 hours and of the season. Rebuilt every hour.

Data up to: 8 Nov 2026, 09:04 UTC

In the last 24 hours the VIIRS satellites have not detected any clusters of heat detections in Guatemala (NASA FIRMS; latest detection in the system: 8 Nov 2026, 06:12 UTC).

Fires with a WorldFires page still showing heat detections in the last 48 hours: 0.

Guatemala is running below the usual for this point in the year, at 35 % of the average: 178,760 hectares burned up to week 44, against an average of 511,851 in 2012–2025 (Copernicus GWIS). No year between 2012 and 2025 had burned this little by now. GWIS estimates for the current year are provisional and may change.

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WorldFires, “Wildfire briefing: Guatemala”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/guatemala/briefing (accessed 8 Nov 2026, 09:04 UTC). Sources: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS), Copernicus GWIS.

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Sources: NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) · Copernicus GWIS

A heat detection is not a confirmed fire: farm burning and industry also produce them, and clouds or smoke can hide a fire.

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