Started on Sep 4, 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 from an active wildfire near Cachoeira da Serra, Brazil, where 25 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the footprint of the fire's recent spread.
Burning in a region where the typical fire season runs from August to October, the blaze has consumed 550 hectares (1,359 acres) since it started on September 4, 2026.
This incident unfolds against a wider backdrop across the country, where 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 84% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 550 ha (1,359 acres) — around 5.5 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 7,585,662 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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