EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Barra (Sep 22)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
430 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Sep 22, 2026
Wildfire near Barra (Sep 22) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Barra (Sep 22) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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.

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The story so far

About 40 km east of Barra.

Summary written on Sep 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire is currently burning near Barra, Brazil, having scorched 430 hectares (1,063 acres) since it started on September 22, 2026. Orbiting satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 17 thermal detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, indicating the extent of the spread in the area.

This incident occurs within the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Broader figures for 2026 show that 7,108,839 hectares have burned nationwide so far, placing the cumulative total 77 percent below the 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.

The bigger picture in Brazil

Across Brazil, roughly 11,232,699 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 64% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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