Wildfire near Aldeia Bacaeri (Sep 5), BR (2026)

This fire in numbers3 days

330Hectares · estimated815Acres · estimated3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 5, 2026.

Brazil todayLive

3Active2,593Hotspots 48h1,130Hectares

Last 7 days · falling

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Wildfire near Aldeia Bacaeri (Sep 5) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Aldeia Bacaeri (Sep 5) — 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

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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

An active wildfire is burning near Aldeia Bacaeri, Brazil, having scorched 330 hectares (815 acres) since it started on September 5, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by 13 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the spread of the fire.

The blaze occurs within a typical fire season that runs from August to October in the region. Nationally, the broader context shows that 4,983,632 hectares have burned so far in 2026, which is 84% below the country's two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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.