Started on Sep 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Pôrto Braga, Brazil, where 26 separate heat detections have clustered over the past 48 hours to reveal a rapidly spreading front. Having started on September 4, 2026, the fire has consumed 480 hectares, or 1,186 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. While this local blaze aggressively tests response resources, it occurs against a broader national backdrop in 2026 where 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far, marking an overall figure that sits 84 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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 10,445,034 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 66% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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