Started on Sep 1, 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 Pirapemas, Brazil, where 25 separate heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. The fire, which started on September 1, 2026, has grown to encompass 630 hectares, or 1,557 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. At the broader national level, a total of 4,711,577 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 85 percent 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.
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 5,624,790 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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