Wildfire near Ponte Alta do Bom Jesus
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Ponte Alta do Bom Jesus, Brazil, where 36 heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. The blaze has scorched 900 hectares, or 2,224 acres, since it started on August 11, 2026, unfolding within a region where the typical fire season runs from August to October.
This incident occurs within a broader national context where 2,512,384 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 92% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 900 ha (2,224 acres) — about 9.0 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 2,512,384 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 92% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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