Wildfire near Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Eldorado dos Carajás — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Eldorado dos Carajás — 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 5 km west of Eldorado dos Carajás.

An intense wildfire remains active near Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil, after igniting on November 1, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by twelve FIRMS heat detections over the past 48 hours that trace the spread of the fire across the landscape. Based on these satellite hotspots, the size is roughly estimated at 300 hectares, equivalent to 741 acres.

This ongoing fire burns against the backdrop of a broader national season that typically spans from August to October. Across the entire country, 11,508,732 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 63 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 300 ha (741 acres) — about 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.