Started on Aug 31, 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
A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over a 780-hectare (1,927-acre) active wildfire burning near Campinápolis, Brazil, where 58 thermal detections have clustered over the past 48 hours to map the blaze's recent spread.
First breaking out on August 31, 2026, the fire is occurring during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October.
Nationwide, the broader landscape reflects a vastly different scale of activity, with 4,567,827 hectares having burned so far in 2026, marking an 85% decrease below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 780 ha (1,927 acres) — around 7.8 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 8,512,837 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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