EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Posse (Aug 1)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
900 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Aug 1, 2026
Wildfire near Posse (Aug 1) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Posse (Aug 1) — 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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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 10 km east of Posse.

Summary written on Aug 2, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

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. 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 11,416,579 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 63% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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