Wildfire near Lúcio da Luz (Aug 27)
Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Lúcio da Luz, Brazil, with 21 thermal detections registered over the last 48 hours indicating how far the fire has spread. Encompassing 500 hectares, or 1,236 acres, the blaze began on August 27, 2026, right as the region entered its typical fire season, which runs from August to October.
This incident occurs against a broader backdrop of national fire activity in Brazil, where 4,142,455 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 87% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 500 ha (1,236 acres) — around 5.0 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 5,025,251 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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