Started on Sep 13, 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 Alto Paraíso de Goiás in Brazil, an active wildfire has consumed 430 hectares, or 1,063 acres, since it started on September 13, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, alongside twenty heat detections clustered nearby over the past forty-eight hours.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. At the national level, a broader context defines the situation: 5,428,854 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an overall total that sits 82% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 430 ha (1,063 acres) — about 4.3 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 5,428,854 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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