Wildfire near Cachoeira do Piriá, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Cachoeira do Piriá — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Cachoeira do Piriá — 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 40 km south of Cachoeira do Piriá.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Cachoeira do Piriá, Brazil, where twenty heat detections over the last forty-eight hours map the recent spread of the blaze. Having started on November 9, 2026, the fire has reached an estimated size of 300 hectares, or about 741 acres, based on satellite hotspot analysis.

This incident unfolds during a broader national fire landscape where the typical fire season runs from August to October. Across the country, 12,260,375 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 60% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 300 ha (741 acres) — about 3.0 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.