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Wildfire near Mansidão (Sep 28)

Ended · 500 hectares (1,236 acres) · Started · Updated

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500Hectares1,236Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 28, 2026.

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Wildfire near Mansidão (Sep 28) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Mansidão (Sep 28) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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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 Mansidão, Brazil, which has grown to 500 hectares (1,236 acres) since it started on September 28, 2026. Orbital sensors have registered 20 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire front across the landscape.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The broader national picture shows that 7,720,990 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 75% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 500 ha (1,236 acres) — around 5.0 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 10,231,674 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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