Started on Sep 20, 2026.
Brazil todayLive
True view
Fire view
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.
Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
An active wildfire continues to burn near Capipi, Brazil, covering 350 hectares, equivalent to 865 acres, since it started on September 20, 2026. Orbiting satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the front, while 17 separate heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours to outline the spread of the fire.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape shows 6,422,311 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 79 percent below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 330 ha (815 acres) — about 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 6,422,311 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
We'll email you if it grows, if it gets more contained, or if it goes out.
At most one alert every 6 hours, and only when something changes.
No account. One-click unsubscribe. · Privacy
Community reports
Reports from people near the fire · unverified
Be the first to report what is happening →
Not official emergency information. In an emergency, contact fire services/authorities.
More fires in Brazil
- Wildfire near Palmeira do Piauí (Sep 19)Ended
- Wildfire near ExtremaActive
- Wildfire near Retiro Vila BrasilActive
- Wildfire near Água Boa (Sep 20)Active
- Wildfire near Santa Terezinha (Sep 20 · W)Active
- Wildfire near União do Sul (Sep 20)Active