Wildfire near Rosário Oeste (Aug 9)
Started on Aug 9, 2026.
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire burning near Rosário Oeste, Brazil, has scorched 330 hectares, or approximately 815 acres, since it started on August 9, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the burning front, accompanied by 14 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the spread of the fire.
This incident occurs within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite the ongoing activity in Rosário Oeste, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 2,379,159 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a 92 percent decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 5,428,854 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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