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Wildfire near Formoso (Sep 1)

Ended · 430 hectares (1,063 acres) · Started · Updated

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430Hectares1,063Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 1, 2026.

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

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

An active wildfire spanning 430 hectares (1,063 acres) is currently burning near Formoso, Brazil, following its start on September 1, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while 17 separate heat detections over the past 48 hours cluster nearby to indicate the current spread of the fire.

This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The broader landscape reflects a notably suppressed fire year thus far; across the country, 4,711,577 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 85% decrease compared to the 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 10,112,466 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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