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Wildfire near Lizarda (Sep 20)

Ended · 480 hectares (1,186 acres) · Started · Updated

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480Hectares1,186Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 20, 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 spanning 480 hectares (1,186 acres) near Lizarda, Brazil, has been burning since September 20, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 27 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48个小时.

This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes like the one near Lizarda, the broader national picture shows that 6,645,404 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a 79% decrease compared to the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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 9,594,709 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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