Started on Aug 26, 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 active wildfire spanning 300 hectares (741 acres) continues to burn near Morro Cabeça no Tempo, Brazil, since its start on August 26, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the blaze, accompanied by 12 heat detections in the past 48 hours that cluster nearby to indicate how far the fire has spread.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes like this one, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 4,028,111 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 87 percent decrease 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 9,594,709 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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