Wildfire near Cutias, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Cutias — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Cutias — 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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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 20 km northwest of Cutias.

Summary written on Sep 13, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An intense heat signature detected by satellites marks the active front of a wildfire near Cutias, Brazil, which has grown to consume 380 hectares, or 939 acres, since it started on September 12, 2026. Aerial monitoring over the past 48 hours has picked up 17 distinct heat detections clustering around the area, illustrating the ongoing spread of the blaze in the region.

The current incident unfolds during the typical fire season for the area, which spans from August to October. Despite this active event, broader figures show that 5,428,854 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 82% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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.