Wildfire near Candoca Velha
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature at the active wildfire burning near Candoca Velha, Brazil, where 12 separate heat detections over the last 48 hours trace the spread of the flames across the landscape. Having started on August 22, 2026, the blaze has consumed 300 hectares, equivalent to 741 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes like the one near Candoca Velha, the broader national picture shows a significant downturn in activity, with 3,464,550 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 89% decrease compared to 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 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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