Wildfire near Ribeirão Cascalheira (Sep 21), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Ribeirão Cascalheira (Sep 21) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Ribeirão Cascalheira (Sep 21) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

About 40 km south of Ribeirão Cascalheira.

Summary written on Sep 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Ribeirão Cascalheira in Brazil, an active wildfire has consumed 680 ha (1,680 acres) since it started on September 21, 2026. Over its two days burning, the blaze has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 340 ha/day. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, alongside 30 heat detections clustering nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread of the fire.

This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national context shows that 6,875,658 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 78% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 680 ha (1,680 acres) — around 6.8 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.