Started on Aug 30, 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 from the active wildfire burning near Pôsto Indígena Batovi in Brazil, where 28 heat detections have clustered over the past 48 hours to mark the spread of the front. Having started on August 30, 2026, the blaze has consumed 530 hectares, or 1,310 acres, of land.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national picture remains subdued, with 4,406,757 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 86% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 530 ha (1,310 acres) — around 5.3 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 8,695,614 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 72% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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