Started on Oct 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 is currently burning near Guaíba, Brazil, having already consumed 480 hectares (1,186 acres) since it began on October 1, 2026. Satellites monitoring the incident have registered a moderate heat intensity from the fire front, accompanied by 21 heat detections over the past 48 hours that trace the recent spread of the blaze across the landscape.
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Nationally, the broader context shows that 7,956,803 hectares have burned across Brazil so far in 2026, a figure that remains 74% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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 8,389,376 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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