Started on Aug 2, 2026.
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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Jaborandi, Brazil, where 12 separate heat detections have been registered over a 48-hour period. The blaze has scorched 300 hectares, equivalent to 741 acres, since it started on August 2, 2026, within a region where the typical fire season runs from August to October.
This incident occurs against a broader backdrop of national fire activity in 2026, during which 2,104,476 hectares have burned so far, marking a figure that is 93% 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 5,866,295 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 81% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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