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Wildfire near Purupuru (Sep 23)

Ended · 430 hectares (1,063 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
430Hectares1,063Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 23, 2026.

Brazil todayLive
34Active2,705Hotspots 48h17,450Hectares
Last 7 days · risingHow many named wildfires were burning on each of the last 7 days. It rises when there are more than on the earlier days.
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Wildfire near Purupuru (Sep 23) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Purupuru (Sep 23) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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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

Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
4.0KM NWWildfire near Purupuru (Oct 16)300 ha62KM NEWildfire near Vila do Engenho450 ha
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Burning near Purupuru in Brazil, an active wildfire has expanded across 430 hectares (1,063 acres) since it started on September 23, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature, alongside 25 heat detections recorded in the past 48 hours, illustrating the extent to which the fire has spread across the area.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 7,268,164 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 76% below the country's two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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 10,231,674 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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