Started on Sep 2, 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
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Conceição do Tocantins, Brazil, where 75 heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours to map the spread of the front. The fire, which started on September 2, 2026, has grown to encompass 1,800 hectares, or approximately 4,448 acres.
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes in the area, the broader national landscape shows that 4,808,050 hectares have burned so far in 2026, placing the total burned area 84% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,800 ha (4,448 acres) — around 18 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 9,594,709 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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