Wildfire near Mambaí
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature over an active wildfire near Mambaí, Brazil, where 12 thermal anomalies have been detected in the past 48 hours. The blaze has scorched 300 hectares, equivalent to 741 acres, since it started on August 17, 2026.
The fire burns amid a regional fire season that typically runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national landscape shows a different trend, with 3,040,278 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 90% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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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