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 Manaquiri, Brazil, where the blaze has already consumed 350 hectares, equivalent to 865 acres. First detected on August 31, 2026, the fire continues to burn actively within a region where the typical fire season spans from August to October.
Monitoring systems have registered 16 heat detections in the immediate area over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the front. This localized incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop of 4,406,757 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, a figure that remains 86 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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 9,797,654 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 68% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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