Started on Aug 24, 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
Burning near Água Boa, Brazil, a wildfire charred 350 ha (865 acres) over an 11-day span beginning August 24, 2026, averaging a daily growth of 32 ha per day before finally ending.
Satellites detected an intense heat signature while the blaze advanced through the regional landscape during Brazil's typical fire season, which runs from August to October.
This incident unfolded during a broader national context in which 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far in 2026, placing the cumulative area 84% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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 Brazil
Across Brazil, roughly 5,866,295 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 81% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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