Wildfire near Creporizinho
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Creporizinho, Brazil, where 30 thermal detections have been flagged in the past 48 hours alone. Having started on August 21, 2026, the fire has grown to encompass 580 hectares, which translates to 1,433 acres of affected land in the region.
This incident unfolds during the area's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite active blazes like the one near Creporizinho, national statistics reveal a much broader picture: 3,342,141 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 89% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 4,909,573 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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