Wildfire near Comunidade Vila Maravilha (Sep 21), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Comunidade Vila Maravilha (Sep 21) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Comunidade Vila Maravilha (Sep 21) — 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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

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

The story so far

About 30 km northeast of Comunidade Vila Maravilha.

Summary written on Sep 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near the city of Comunidade Vila Maravilha in Brazil, an active wildfire has consumed 300 ha (741 acres) since it started on September 21, 2026. Over the course of its two days of burning, the blaze has maintained an approximate average daily growth of 150 ha/day.

Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 18 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current extent of the spread. This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October.

Nationwide, the broader landscape reveals that 7,108,839 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 77% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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.