Wildfire near Cachoeira da Serra (Sep 22), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Cachoeira da Serra (Sep 22) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Cachoeira da Serra (Sep 22) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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 45 km east of Cachoeira da Serra.

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

Burning near Cachoeira da Serra, Brazil, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 430 hectares (1,063 acres) since it started on September 22, 2026. Over its two days of burning, the fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 215 hectares per day. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, alongside 17 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.

This incident occurs within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. On a broader national scale, 7,108,839 hectares have burned in Brazil so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 77% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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.