Started on Aug 20, 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 a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Santa Rosa, Brazil, where 14 separate heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the local spread of the front across the landscape. First ignited on August 20, 2026, the blaze has consumed 350 hectares, equivalent to 865 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite this active seasonal window, the broader national landscape remains comparatively subdued; official tracking indicates that 3,342,141 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 89% decrease below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 8,231,821 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 73% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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