Started on Aug 29, 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
An active wildfire spanning 330 hectares (815 acres) near Pôrto Santa Rosa, Brazil, has been burning since August 29, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, while 17 separate heat detections over the past 48 hours cluster nearby, indicating how far the fire has spread across the landscape.
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this active blaze, the broader national picture reflects a quieter year overall, with 4,277,538 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking an 86% decrease below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 5,624,790 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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