Started on Aug 30, 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
Burning near Oriximiná, Brazil, a wildfire active across 300 hectares (741 acres) burned over a span of five days starting August 30, 2026, advancing at an approximate average rate of 60 hectares per day before ending. Satellites picked up an intense heat signature while the fire was active in a region where the typical fire season runs from August to October.
Nationwide, the broader wildfire context shows that 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 84% below the country's 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 9,977,766 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 68% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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