Started on Aug 4, 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
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
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.
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 6,215,078 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 80% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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