Wildfire near Porto Molungu, BR (2026)

This fire in numbersDay 2

330Hectares · estimated815Acres · estimated2Days burning

Started on Oct 20, 2026.

Brazil todayLive

3Active2,593Hotspots 48h1,130Hectares

Last 7 days · falling

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Wildfire near Porto Molungu — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Porto Molungu — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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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 the active wildfire burning near Porto Molungu, Brazil, where fourteen thermal detections over the past forty-eight hours trace the current spread of the front. Started on October 20, 2026, the blaze has reached a rough satellite-based estimate of 330 hectares, or approximately 815 acres.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 10,480,874 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is sixty-six percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 330 ha (815 acres) — about 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.