Wildfire near Marajá do Sena, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Marajá do Sena — NASA satellite

Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS

The story so far

About 35 km southwest of Marajá do Sena.

Summary written on Nov 7, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire burning near Marajá do Sena, Brazil, is generating an intense heat signature from its peak fire radiative power, with satellites picking up 28 heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours to map its current spread. Having started on November 6, 2026, the blaze has reached an estimated size of roughly 330 hectares, or 815 acres, based on hotspot analysis.

This incident unfolds during a wider national context in Brazil, where 11,969,935 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 61 percent below the country's two-decade average. While the typical fire season in the region runs from August to October, this active fire continues to burn into November.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.