Wildfire near Feira da Mata, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Feira da Mata — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Feira da Mata — 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 10 km west of Feira da Mata.

Summary written on Sep 28, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Feira da Mata in Brazil, a 350-hectare (865-acre) active wildfire that started on September 27, 2026, is currently exhibiting an intense heat signature as detected by satellites, reflecting the peak fire radiative power from the active front. Over the past 48 hours, satellites have picked up 14 heat detections clustered nearby, demonstrating how far the fire has spread across the landscape.

This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape shows that 7,479,031 hectares have burned so far in 2026, placing the country's cumulative burned area 76% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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.