Started on Aug 1, 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 at the active wildfire near Posse, Brazil, where 33 heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. Burning within a region where the typical fire season spans from August to October, the blaze has already consumed 900 hectares, equivalent to 2,224 acres, since it started on August 1, 2026.
This incident unfolds during a broader national landscape where 2,104,476 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 93% below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 900 ha (2,224 acres) — around 9.0 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 5,624,790 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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