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 nearby2 · 100 km
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Santa Terezinha, Brazil, where 17 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the sprawling spread of the active front. Ignited on August 27, 2026, the blaze has already consumed 430 hectares, equivalent to 1,063 acres.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite local flare-ups, the broader national landscape tells a different story, with 4,142,455 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 87% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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 7,268,164 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 76% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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