Started on Sep 29, 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
Burning for two days at an average daily growth rate of approximately 200 hectares per day, an active wildfire spanning 400 hectares (988 acres) is currently threatening the area near Santa Luz, Brazil. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, with 16 NASA FIRMS heat detections recorded in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, illustrating the current scale of the spread.
The incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national landscape shows a different trend, with 7,845,359 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 75% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 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 8,389,376 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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