Wildfire near Muaná, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Muaná — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Muaná — 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

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The story so far

About 10 km northwest of Muaná.

An intense wildfire near Muaná, Brazil, burned for two days after starting on October 31, 2026, before eventually ending. During its brief two-day run, satellites registered an intense heat signature from the fire front alongside 11 heat detections over a 48-hour period, resulting in a rough satellite-based size estimate of 300 hectares, or 741 acres. The event occurred outside the region's typical fire season, which usually spans from August to October.

Nationwide, the broader landscape reveals that 11,508,732 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 63% below the two-decade average for the country.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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.