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Wildfire near Ribeirão Cascalheira (Sep 16)

Ended · 380 hectares (939 acres) · Started · Updated

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380Hectares939Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 16, 2026.

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Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Burning across a span of 380 hectares (939 acres) near Ribeirão Cascalheira, Brazil, a wildfire has officially ended after a ten-day run that began on September 16, 2026. Throughout its duration, the blaze maintained an approximate average daily growth of 38 hectares per day.

During the event, satellites detected a moderate heat intensity emanating from the front, reflecting the peak fire radiative power generated as the flames moved through the landscape. The regional typical fire season typically spans from August to October.

The broader fire activity unfolds within a national context where 7,366,033 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 76% below the country's two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 9,594,709 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 69% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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