Wildfire near Cristo, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Cristo — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Cristo — 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

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The story so far

About 10 km west of Cristo.

Burning near the city of Cristo, Brazil, a wildfire has concluded its short two-day run after scorching a total of 300 hectares, or approximately 741 acres. Over its brief duration, the blaze advanced at an average daily growth of roughly 150 hectares per day. During the event, satellites detected five heat signatures clustering nearby, while orbital instruments picked up an intense heat signature reflecting the high power of the burning front. The fire began on September 29, 2026, and has now ended.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. On a broader scale, a total of 7,845,359 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, placing the national burned area 75% 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.