Started on Sep 11, 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
An active wildfire is currently burning near Ribeirão Cascalheira, Brazil, having consumed 450 hectares (1,112 acres) since it started on September 11, 2026. Orbiting satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, accompanied by 36 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. On a national scale, a total of 5,310,833 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 83% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 8,389,376 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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