Started on Sep 10, 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
Active fires nearby3 · 100 km
An intense heat signature detected by satellites marks the ongoing activity of a wildfire near Canápolis, Brazil, which has consumed 330 hectares, or 815 acres, since it started on September 10, 2026. Monitoring systems have picked up 13 heat detections in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, highlighting the extent of the active front.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite active blazes like the one near Canápolis, broader figures for Brazil show that 5,198,712 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 83% below the country's 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 9,451,103 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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