Started on Sep 16, 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
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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