Started on Oct 1, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature over an active wildfire burning near Castelo dos Sonhos, Brazil, which has grown to cover 450 hectares, or 1,112 acres, since it started on October 1, 2026. The fire's footprint is underscored by 70 heat detections logged by NASA FIRMS over a 48-hour period, indicating how far the fire has spread across the landscape. This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October.
Nationwide, the broader landscape reveals a starkly different scale: 8,086,252 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 74% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 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 9,451,103 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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