Wildfire near Ouricuri, BR (2026)

This fire in numbers3 days

630Hectares · estimated1,557Acres · estimated3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 10, 2026.

Brazil todayLive

7Active3,889Hotspots 48h2,960Hectares

Last 7 days · falling

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Wildfire near Ouricuri — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Ouricuri — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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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

An active wildfire burning near Ouricuri, Brazil, has scorched 630 hectares (1,557 acres) since it began on September 10, 2026. Orbiting satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by 43 nearby heat detections over the past 48 hours that trace the sprawling spread of the fire.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite active blazes like the one in Ouricuri, national totals show that 5,198,712 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 83% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 630 ha (1,557 acres) — around 6.3 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.