Wildfire near Brejo do Salto
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Brejo do Salto, Brazil, where 24 heat detections have been clustered over the past 48 hours to reveal the active spread of the front. The fire, which started on August 2026-08-11, has grown to span 600 hectares, equivalent to 1,483 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this active seasonal window, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 2,512,384 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 92% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 600 ha (1,483 acres) — about 6.0 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 2,512,384 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 92% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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