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Wildfire near Novo Santo Antônio (Sep 26)

Ended · 780 hectares (1,927 acres) · Started · Updated

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Started on Sep 26, 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 moderate-intensity wildfire currently burns across 780 hectares (1,927 acres) near Novo Santo Antônio in Brazil, having started on September 26, 2026. Satellites have registered 34 heat detections in the past 48 hours, indicating active spread across the area.

This active fire occurs within a regional fire season that typically runs from August to October. Nationally, the broader context shows that 7,479,031 hectares have burned across Brazil so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 76% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 780 ha (1,927 acres) — around 7.8 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 9,594,709 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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