Wildfire near Barra do Corda, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Barra do Corda — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Barra do Corda — 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

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 25 km south of Barra do Corda.

Summary written on Oct 7, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire near Barra do Corda, Brazil, where 30 recent heat detections over the 48-hour window point to a spreading front across the local landscape. The fire, which started on October 6, 2026, has grown to encompass 330 hectares, equivalent to 815 acres.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. At the national level, the broader picture shows a total of 8,512,837 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 72% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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.