Started on Sep 3, 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
Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Cristalândia do Piauí, Brazil, where 22 recent heat detections over a 48-hour period trace the spread of the front. Having started on September 3, 2026, the blaze has consumed 550 hectares, which translates to 1,359 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The broader landscape sees a contrasting picture, with 4,879,616 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking an overall figure that is 84 percent below the two-decade average for Brazil.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 550 ha (1,359 acres) — around 5.5 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 9,701,740 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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