Started on Sep 29, 2026.
Brazil todayLive
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning across two days with an average daily growth of 175 hectares, the 350-hectare wildfire near Caseara, Brazil, has now ended after threatening the area during the height of the region's typical August to October fire season. Satellites picked up a moderate heat signature from the blaze, accompanied by 15 nearby heat detections over a 48-hour period that mapped its final spread across the landscape.
This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 7,845,359 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 75 percent below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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 10,231,674 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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