Started on Sep 5, 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
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Sebastião Leal, Brazil, which has scorched 350 hectares (865 acres) since it started on September 5, 2026. Orbiting sensors have detected 15 heat signatures clustered nearby in the past 48 hours, illustrating the current reach and activity of the blaze as it cuts across the landscape during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October.
This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop of relatively suppressed fire activity across Brazil. While this localized blaze burns actively, the wider country has recorded 4,983,632 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that sits 84% below the two-decade average for the nation.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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 10,480,874 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 66% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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