Started on Aug 27, 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
Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Santa Terezinha, Brazil, which has grown to 450 hectares (1,112 acres) since it started on August 26, 2026. Monitoring systems have detected 20 heat signatures over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current spread and activity of the fire front across the landscape.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national picture shows that 4,028,111 hectares have burned so far in 2026 across Brazil, marking a total that sits 87 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 7,845,359 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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