Wildfire near Colniza (Aug 22)
Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near the city of Colniza in Brazil, an active wildfire has scorched 330 hectares, or 815 acres, since it started on August 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 35 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the active spread across the landscape.
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this active fire near Colniza, broader national figures show a different trend: 3,464,550 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that is 89 percent below 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 4,909,573 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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