Wildfire near Baixa Grande do Ribeiro (Sep 28), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Baixa Grande do Ribeiro (Sep 28) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Baixa Grande do Ribeiro (Sep 28) — 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 40 km northeast of Baixa Grande do Ribeiro.

Summary written on Sep 29, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Baixa Grande do Ribeiro, Brazil, an active wildfire has consumed 430 hectares, or 1,063 acres, since it started on September 28, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the blaze, reflecting the high radiative power currently driving the front.

Monitoring systems have detected 19 heat signatures clustered nearby over a 48-hour period, indicating how far the fire has spread across the landscape. The incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October.

This event occurs within the broader context of Brazil's fire year, where 7,720,990 hectares have burned so far in 2026—a figure that remains 75% below the country's two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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.