Started on Sep 2, 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 Luis Eduardo Magalhães, Brazil, which has already consumed 480 hectares, or 1,186 acres. Monitoring systems have detected 19 heat signatures over the past 48 hours, underscoring the active spread of the front in the region.
The fire ignited on September 2, 2026, striking during the area's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite active incidents like this one, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: Brazil has recorded 4,808,050 hectares burned so far in 2026, placing the total burned area 84% below 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 10,112,466 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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