Started on Aug 16, 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 over an active wildfire spanning 350 hectares, or 865 acres, near Santa Terezinha, Brazil, with 21 thermal detections clustering nearby over the last 48 hours to mark the blaze's spread. The fire began on August 16, 2026.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Meanwhile, a broader perspective reveals that 2,794,609 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 91% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 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 7,720,990 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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