Started on Sep 28, 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 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.
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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