Started on Aug 30, 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
Burning near Colniza, Brazil, an intense wildfire has ended after scorching 330 hectares (815 acres). Spanning five days from its start on August 30, 2026, the blaze expanded at an average daily growth of approximately 66 hectares per day. Satellites detected an intense heat signature alongside three nearby heat detections over a 48-hour window, marking the thermal footprint left by the front before the fire ceased.
This incident occurred squarely within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Across the wider country, the broader picture shows 4,879,616 hectares burned so far in 2026, a total tracking 84% 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 9,977,766 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 68% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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