Wildfire near ABC Tropical, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near ABC Tropical — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near ABC Tropical — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 35 km southwest of ABC Tropical.

Summary written on Nov 14, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature and 15 nearby heat detections over the last 48 hours for an active wildfire burning near ABC Tropical, Brazil, which started on November 13, 2026. This ongoing fire has reached an estimated size of 380 hectares, or about 939 acres, based on satellite hotspots.

This activity unfolds against a broader backdrop where 12,466,195 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 60% below the two-decade average. While the typical fire season in the region runs from August to October, this active blaze demonstrates the ongoing fire activity in Brazil.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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.