Started on Aug 24, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Piranhas, Brazil, where 15 thermal detections over the past 48 hours trace the advancing front. Having ignited on August 24, 2026, the blaze has consumed 380 hectares, or 939 acres, of landscape.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. While this local fire continues to burn actively, the broader national landscape shows a different trend, with 3,777,132 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026—marking an 88 percent decrease below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 8,695,614 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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