EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Porto Velho

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
400 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Sep 7, 2026
Wildfire near Porto Velho — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Porto Velho — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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.

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🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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The story so far

About 25 km north of Porto Velho.

Summary written on Sep 8, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. 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.

The bigger picture in Brazil

Across Brazil, roughly 10,668,181 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 65% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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