Wildfire near Rio da Conceição (Sep 22), Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Rio da Conceição (Sep 22) — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Rio da Conceição (Sep 22) — 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 20 km east of Rio da Conceição.

Summary written on Sep 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An intense heat signature is driving a 300-hectare (741 acres) active wildfire near Rio da Conceição, Brazil, which has been burning for two days since starting on September 22, 2026. The fire is expanding at an average daily growth of approximately 150 hectares per day, with 18 NASA FIRMS heat detections recorded over the past 48 hours clustering nearby to map its ongoing spread.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes in local settings, the national context reflects a different trend: 7,108,839 hectares have burned across Brazil so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 77% 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.