Wildfire near Nazaré
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire burning near Nazaré, Brazil, has scorched 680 hectares, or 1,680 acres, since it started on August 14, 2026. Orbiting satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the burning front, while 27 separate heat detections cluster nearby over a 48-hour period to illustrate 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 the one in Nazaré, the broader national picture remains subdued, with 2,684,309 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 91% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 680 ha (1,680 acres) — about 6.8 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 2,684,309 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 91% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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