Started on Sep 19, 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 Lizarda, Brazil, an active wildfire has consumed 300 hectares (741 acres) over two days of burning, maintaining an approximate daily growth of 150 hectares. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front.
Operational tracking over the past 48 hours shows 25 NASA FIRMS heat detections clustered nearby, illustrating the current spread of the incident. The blaze started on September 15, 2026, and falls squarely within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October.
This incident occurs within a broader national context where 5,624,790 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 82% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 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 9,701,740 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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