Wildfire near Brejinho de Nazaré (Sep 23), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Brejinho de Nazaré (Sep 23) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Brejinho de Nazaré (Sep 23) — 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.

🟢 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 30 km southeast of Brejinho de Nazaré.

Summary written on Sep 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. 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.