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Wildfire near Itaituba (Oct 2)

Ended · 300 hectares (741 acres) · Started · Updated

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300Hectares741Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Oct 2, 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 Itaituba, Brazil, having consumed 300 hectares (741 acres) since it began on October 2, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the burning front, while 13 separate heat detections have been registered in the vicinity over the past 48 hours.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. The local fire adds to a broader national total of 8,160,848 hectares 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 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 9,259,274 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 70% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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