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
Burning across a span of 300 hectares (741 acres) near Mateiros, Brazil, a four-day wildfire that began on August 31, 2026, has now ended, maintaining an average daily growth of approximately 75 hectares per day while satellites continued to pick up an intense heat signature.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Nationally, the broader context shows 4,879,616 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 84% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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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