Started on Oct 2, 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
An active wildfire burning near Paratinga, Brazil, is producing an intense heat signature according to satellite observations, which have picked up 16 heat detections in the area over the past 48 hours. The fire has grown to encompass 400 hectares, or 988 acres, since it started on October 2, 2026, within a region where the typical fire season runs from August to October.
This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 8,160,848 hectares have burned across Brazil so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 74% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 1 day. 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 10,112,466 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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