EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Portel (Nov 8)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
330 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Nov 8, 2026
Wildfire near Portel (Nov 8) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Portel (Nov 8) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

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The story so far

About 20 km southeast of Portel.

Summary written on Nov 10, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An intense wildfire has been active for 2 days near Portel, Brazil, having started on November 8, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, with 27 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours pointing to a roughly estimated size of 330 hectares, or 815 acres, by satellite estimate.

This event occurs outside the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Meanwhile, the broader national landscape shows 12,224,002 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 60% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 12,224,002 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 60% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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