Started on Sep 14, 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
A three-day wildfire burning near Nita, Brazil, has ended after scorching 330 hectares (815 acres). During its active run starting September 14, 2026, the blaze expanded at an average daily growth of approximately 110 hectares per day. Satellites were picking up an intense heat signature from the front, alongside six heat detections clustering nearby over a 48-hour period.
The incident unfolded during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the wider national context shows significantly reduced totals, with 5,866,295 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026—marking an 81% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 8,389,376 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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