Started on Sep 16, 2026.
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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning near Mandioca, Brazil, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 330 hectares, or approximately 815 acres, since it started on September 15, 2026. Over its two days of burning, the fire has maintained an average daily growth of about 165 hectares per day. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while 13 NASA FIRMS heat detections over the past 48 hours cluster nearby to show the extent of the spread.
This incident occurs against the backdrop of the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. On a broader national scale, 5,624,790 hectares have burned across Brazil so far in 2026, a figure that remains 82 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 10,231,674 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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