Started on Aug 6, 2026.
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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
An active wildfire spanning 480 hectares (1,186 acres) is currently burning near Santo Antônio do Leste in Brazil, having started on August 6, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 19 heat detections over the past 48 hours clustered nearby to indicate the extent of the spread.
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this ongoing activity, broader conditions remain subdued as 2,268,672 hectares have burned nationwide so far in 2026, marking a 93% decrease below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 480 ha (1,186 acres) — around 4.8 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 6,422,311 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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