Started on Aug 17, 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
Burning near São Domingos, Brazil, an active wildfire has scorched 630 hectares, or 1,557 acres, since it started on August 17, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the incident, alongside 27 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, indicating the current spread of the active front.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The wider landscape reflects a much lower overall impact, with 3,040,278 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a 90% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 630 ha (1,557 acres) — around 6.3 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 5,428,854 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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