Started on Aug 31, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Lúcio da Luz, Brazil, where 27 thermal detections over the past 48 hours trace the widespread clustering of the front. Spanning 650 hectares (1,606 acres) since it started on August 29, 2026, the blaze unfolds against the backdrop of the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October.
This incident develops within a wider national context where 4,183,372 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 86% below the two-decade average for Brazil.
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 5,624,790 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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