Wildfire near Ribeiro Gonçalves (Sep 17), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Ribeiro Gonçalves (Sep 17) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Ribeiro Gonçalves (Sep 17) — 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 35 km east of Ribeiro Gonçalves.

Burning near Ribeiro Gonçalves in Brazil, an intense wildfire has left its mark over a fourteen-day span before finally ending. Satellites picking up an intense heat signature tracked the fire's progression across the landscape, recording a single heat detection over a forty-eight-hour period as the blaze maintained an average daily growth of approximately 21 hectares per day.

By the time the incident concluded, the fire had consumed a total of 300 hectares, equivalent to 741 acres. The event unfolded within Brazil's typical fire season, which runs annually from August to October.

This localized blaze occurred against a much broader national backdrop. Across the country, 7,845,359 hectares have burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 75 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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.