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
Burning near Canamari, Brazil, an active wildfire has scorched 330 hectares, or 815 acres, since it started on September 4, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, with 14 heat detections registered over the past 48 hours indicating how far the fire has spread across the area.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The local situation contrasts with the broader national landscape in Brazil, where 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 84 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 10,480,874 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 66% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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