Started on Aug 13, 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 alongside 25 nearby heat detections over the last 48 hours for an active wildfire burning near Luis Eduardo Magalhães, Brazil. Having started on August 2026-08-13, the fire has grown to encompass 630 ha (1,557 acres).
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes like this one, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 2,642,899 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 91% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 630 ha (1,557 acres) — around 6.3 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 7,479,031 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 76% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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