Started on Aug 17, 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 Itaúba, Brazil, an active wildfire has scorched 300 hectares (741 acres) since it began on August 17, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by 12 heat detections clustering nearby over the last 48 hours to indicate the fire's recent spread.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Nationally, the broader picture shows 3,040,278 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 90% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 8,086,252 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 74% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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