Started on Aug 16, 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 Cabeceira Velha, Brazil, having started on August 16, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 20 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this active blaze, the broader national landscape shows a different trend, with 2,794,609 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a 91% decrease below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 1 day. 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 7,720,990 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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