Started on Aug 21, 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 the active wildfire burning near Surubim, Brazil, where 51 heat detections have been registered over the past 48 hours. The blaze, which started on August 18, 2026, has grown to 380 hectares (939 acres).
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite this local activity, the wider national picture shows a significant downturn in fire impacts, 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 300 ha (741 acres) — around 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 7,720,990 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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