Started on Sep 7, 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 400 hectares (988 acres) has been burning near Porto Velho, Brazil, since it started on September 7, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the active front, alongside 16 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Nationally, the broader picture shows 5,066,892 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking an 84% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 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 9,451,103 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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