Wildfire near Morros (Sep 19), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Morros (Sep 19) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Morros (Sep 19) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 45 km southeast of Morros.

Summary written on Sep 20, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An intense heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over a 700-hectare (1,730-acre) active wildfire burning near Morros, Brazil, which has registered 40 heat detections over the past 48 hours. The blaze began on September 19, 2026.

This fire is occurring within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Amid these seasonal events, a broader national context shows that 6,422,311 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 79% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 700 ha (1,730 acres) — around 7.0 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.