Started on Sep 28, 2026.
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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
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 Porto Alegre do Norte, Brazil, where fourteen thermal anomalies have been detected in the past forty-eight hours, illustrating the broad footprint of the spreading front. The blaze, which covers three hundred hectares or seven hundred forty-one acres, ignited on September 28, 2026.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active fires in local settings, the broader national landscape reflects a different trajectory, with 7,720,990 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a seventy-five 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 9,594,709 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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