Wildfire near Porto Alegre do Norte
Started on Sep 1, 2026.
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🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature at an active wildfire burning near Porto Alegre do Norte, Brazil, where 44 thermal detections over the past 48 hours trace the advancing spread of the front. Having started on September 1, 2026, the blaze has grown to consume 1,100 hectares, equivalent to 2,718 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active burning near Porto Alegre do Norte, the broader national landscape shows a different trend, with 4,711,577 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking an 85% decrease compared to the two-decade average for Brazil.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 1,100 ha (2,718 acres) — around 11 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 5,079,927 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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