Started on Aug 27, 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
Burning near Itacajá, Brazil, an active wildfire has consumed 480 hectares, or 1,186 acres, since it started on August 27, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside 31 heat detections clustering nearby over the past 48 hours to mark the spread of the fire.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. On a national scale, the broader context reveals that 4,142,455 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 87% below the 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 8,695,614 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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