Started on Oct 14, 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 nearby3 · 100 km
An active wildfire spanning 800 hectares (1,977 acres) is currently burning near Cumarumã, Brazil, with satellites picking up an intense heat signature from the front. Having started on October 14, 2026, the blaze has generated 44 heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting the close proximity of numerous heat signatures clustering nearby and indicating how far the fire has spread across the landscape.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The local fire activity occurs within the broader national landscape where 9,977,766 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 68% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 550 ha (1,359 acres) — about 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 9,977,766 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 68% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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