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Wildfire near Angical

Ended · 530 hectares (1,310 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
530Hectares1,310Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 28, 2026.

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36Active4,999Hotspots 48h21,800Hectares
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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

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An active wildfire is currently burning near Angical, Brazil, having scorched 530 hectares (1,310 acres) since it started on September 28, 2026. Orbiting satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, while 21 thermal anomalies have been detected nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the localized spread of the blaze during its ongoing activity.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs annually from August to October. Despite this active seasonal period, the broader national landscape reflects a significant downward trend in fire activity. Across the country, 7,720,990 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that is 75 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 530 ha (1,310 acres) — around 5.3 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 9,594,709 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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