Started on Sep 18, 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
Active fires nearby3 · 100 km
An intense wildfire covering 300 hectares (741 acres) remains active near Lagoa da Confusão, Brazil, having started on September 18, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by 26 heat detections over a 48-hour period that indicate how far the fire has spread across the area.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes such as this one, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 6,038,934 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 80% decrease below the country's 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 6,215,078 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 80% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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