Started on Sep 12, 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 nearby2 · 100 km
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Castelo dos Sonhos, Brazil, which has already consumed 630 hectares or 1,557 acres since it started on September 12, 2026. Monitoring systems have registered 34 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the active spread of the front across the landscape.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The broader national picture reveals that 5,428,854 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 82% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 630 ha (1,557 acres) — around 6.3 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 10,112,466 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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