Started on Sep 22, 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 front continues to burn near Palmeira do Piauí, Brazil, where satellites have registered 19 heat detections in the past 48 hours to map the spread of the active blaze. Having started on September 22, 2026, the wildfire has been burning for two days and has expanded to cover 400 hectares (988 acres), maintaining an approximate average daily growth of 200 hectares per day.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Nationally, the broader context shows that 7,108,839 hectares have burned across Brazil so far in 2026, a figure that remains 77% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 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 8,389,376 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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