Started on Oct 15, 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
An active wildfire spanning 300 hectares (741 acres) continues to burn near Sebastião Leal in Brazil, having started on October 15, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the front, driven by peak fire radiative power, while 12 heat detections over the past 48 hours cluster nearby to show the extent of the spread.
This incident falls squarely within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national picture shows that 9,977,766 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 68% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 300 ha (741 acres) — about 3.0 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 9,977,766 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 68% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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