EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Corrente (Sep 19)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
580 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Sep 19, 2026
Wildfire near Corrente (Sep 19) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Corrente (Sep 19) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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The story so far

About 35 km northwest of Corrente.

Summary written on Sep 20, 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 an active wildfire burning near Corrente, Brazil, where 42 separate heat detections have been registered within the last 48 hours.

The blaze, which began on September 19, 2026, has currently burned 480 hectares, equivalent to 1,186 acres.

This incident occurs against the backdrop of the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October, while nationally, 6,422,311 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 79% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 580 ha (1,433 acres) — around 5.8 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.

The bigger picture in Brazil

Across Brazil, roughly 10,933,409 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 65% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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