Wildfire near Paranã, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Paranã — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Paranã — 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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 5 km northwest of Paranã.

Summary written on Aug 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Paranã in Brazil, which has scorched 550 hectares (1,359 acres) since it started on August 22, 2026. Orbiting sensors have detected 28 heat signatures clustered nearby in the last 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the fire front across the landscape.

This blaze unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs annually from August to October. The wider context reveals that 3,588,906 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 88% below the 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. 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.