Started on Sep 19, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Novo Santo Antônio, Brazil, where 26 thermal detections over the past 48 hours trace the spread of the front. The blaze, which started on September 18 and has consumed 550 hectares (1,359 acres), is unfolding within a region where the typical fire season runs from August to October.
This incident occurs against a broader national backdrop of 6,215,078 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, a total that tracks 80% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 8,303,069 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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