Wildfire near Dianópolis (Sep 21), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Dianópolis (Sep 21) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Dianópolis (Sep 21) — 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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 25 km south of Dianópolis.

Summary written on Sep 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning with an intense satellite-detected heat signature, an active wildfire near Dianópolis, Brazil, has consumed 500 hectares (1,236 acres) since it started on September 21, 2026. Over its two days of burning, the blaze has maintained an approximate average daily growth of 250 hectares per day.

Orbiting satellites have picked up 25 heat signatures clustering nearby over the last 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire across the area. This incident occurs within the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October.

This fire contributes to a broader national total of 6,875,658 hectares burned across Brazil so far in 2026, a figure that remains 78% below the country's two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 500 ha (1,236 acres) — around 5.0 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.