Started on Sep 11, 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
An intense heat signature is being picked up by satellites over a 430-hectare (1,063-acre) active wildfire burning near Comunidade Saudade, Brazil, which started on September 11, 2026. The fire's active spread is underscored by 22 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This blaze occurs within Brazil's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The wider landscape reflects broader national trends, with 5,198,712 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 83% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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 8,389,376 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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