Started on Aug 26, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active wildfire burning near Salão, Brazil, where 49 thermal detections have been recorded over the past 48 hours. The blaze has already scorched 500 hectares, equivalent to 1,236 acres, since it started on August 26, 2026.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite the ongoing activity near Salão, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 4,028,111 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 87% decrease below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 600 ha (1,483 acres) — around 6.0 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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