Wildfire near Novo Santo Antônio (Sep 30), Brazil (2026)

Part of a series of fires in the same area. The main one: Wildfire near Novo Santo Antônio (Aug 29)

Wildfire near Novo Santo Antônio (Sep 30) — Sentinel-2 SWIR

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The story so far

About 75 km northeast of Novo Santo Antônio.

Summary written on Oct 1, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning across a span of 650 hectares (1,606 acres) near Novo Santo Antônio, Brazil, an active wildfire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 325 hectares per day over its two days of burning since starting on September 29, 2026.

Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the active front, alongside 29 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the blaze.

This incident occurs within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October, though it contributes to a wider national context where 7,845,359 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total 75% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 1 day. In total it burned about 600 ha (1,483 acres) — around 6.0 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.