Started on Aug 31, 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 over a four-day span near São Raimundo das Mangabeiras, Brazil, a 330-hectare wildfire has now ended. Satellites observed a moderate heat signature from the fire front, while a single heat detection over the preceding 48 hours marked the extent of nearby thermal activity. The blaze maintained an average daily growth of approximately 83 hectares per day after starting on August 31, 2026.
This incident occurred during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the wider national picture reflects a slower fire year, with 4,879,616 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking an 84 percent decrease compared to 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 5,517,902 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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