Wildfire near Campestre do Maranhão (Sep 20 · NE), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Campestre do Maranhão (Sep 20 · NE) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Campestre do Maranhão (Sep 20 · NE) — 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

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 20 km west of Campestre do Maranhão.

Summary written on Sep 22, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

A moderate heat signature is being picked up by satellites as a 300-hectare (741-acre) active wildfire continues to burn near Campestre do Maranhão, Brazil. Burning for two days since its start on September 20, the blaze has maintained an approximate average daily growth of 150 hectares per day. In addition, 39 thermal detections have been recorded by NASA FIRMS over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the front in the area.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. At the national level, the broader context shows that 6,645,404 hectares have burned across Brazil so far in 2026, a figure that remains 79 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 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.