Wildfire near Ribeiro Gonçalves (Sep 17)

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.