Wildfire near Comunidade Saudade, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Comunidade Saudade — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Comunidade Saudade — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 15 km south of Comunidade Saudade.

Summary written on Sep 12, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.