Started on Sep 23, 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
An active wildfire spanning 400 hectares (988 acres) is currently burning near Brejinho de Nazaré, Brazil, having started on September 23, 2026. Operating within the region's typical fire season—which runs from August to October—satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the burning front, alongside 16 nearby heat detections recorded over the past 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during a wider national context where 7,268,164 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 76% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 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 8,695,614 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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