Started on Aug 31, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature over an active wildfire burning near Brejinho de Nazaré, Brazil. The incident, which has already consumed 350 hectares, or 865 acres, since it started on August 31, 2026, is part of a regional dynamic where the typical fire season runs from August to October.
Monitoring systems have registered 20 heat detections over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire front across the landscape.
This event unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 4,567,827 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 85% below the country's 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 9,977,766 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 68% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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