Wildfire near Fernando Falcão (Aug 2)
Started on Aug 2, 2026.
Brazil todayLive
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over a 430-hectare (1,063-acre) active wildfire burning near Fernando Falcão, Brazil, with 30 heat detections registered in the area over the past 48 hours. Having started on August 2026-08-02, the fire is developing within the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October.
This incident unfolds against a wider national backdrop where 2,104,476 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 93% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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 5,122,677 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 83% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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