EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Nazaré (Aug 17)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
480 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Aug 17, 2026
Wildfire near Nazaré (Aug 17) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Nazaré (Aug 17) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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🟠 orange = fire right now

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The story so far

About 25 km northwest of Nazaré.

Summary written on Aug 18, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature over an active wildfire spanning 480 hectares (1,186 acres) near Nazaré, Brazil, where 27 thermal detections have registered over the past 48h. Having started on August 2026-08-17, the fire burns within a region where the typical fire season runs from August to October.

This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop of 3,040,278 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 90% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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.

The bigger picture in Brazil

Across Brazil, roughly 12,466,195 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 60% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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