Started on Sep 23, 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
An active wildfire spanning 350 hectares, or 865 acres, continues to burn near Santa Maria, Brazil, having started on September 23, 2026. Orbiting satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the blazing front, accompanied by twenty heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to mark the extent of the spread.
This ongoing incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Across the country, the broader landscape reveals that 7,108,839 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 77% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 350 ha (865 acres) — about 3.5 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 7,268,164 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 76% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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