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
An intense heat signature detected from orbit marks the ongoing progress of an active wildfire near Maracau, Brazil, which has been burning for two days since it started on August 31, 2026. The blaze has expanded rapidly across the landscape, consuming a total of 450 hectares (1,112 acres) at an approximate average daily growth rate of 225 hectares per day. Satellite monitoring over the past 48 hours has picked up 26 heat detections clustered nearby, illustrating the expansive spread of the active fire front in the region.
This incident unfolds squarely within the area's typical fire season, which runs annually from August to October. Despite the active threat near Maracau, the broader national picture reveals that 4,567,827 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 85% below the two-decade average for the same period.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 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 8,389,376 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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