EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Pium (Aug 4)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
300 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Aug 4, 2026
Wildfire near Pium (Aug 4) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Pium (Aug 4) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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

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

The story so far

Summary written on Aug 5, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire is burning near Pium, Brazil, having scorched 450 hectares (1,112 acres) since it started on August 4, 2026. Orbiting satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, alongside 20 localized heat detections over the past 48 hours that trace the fire's recent spread across the landscape.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite active blazes like the one near Pium, broader figures for Brazil show that 2,186,579 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a notable 93 percent decrease 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.

The bigger picture in Brazil

Across Brazil, roughly 11,648,085 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 62% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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