Started on Sep 22, 2026.
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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
A low-intensity wildfire spanning 1,030 hectares (2,545 acres) remains active near Taboca, Brazil, after igniting on September 22, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the burning front, while 58 thermal detections cluster nearby over the past 48 hours to mark the wider spread of the blaze.
The fire burns within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. At the national level, a total of 7,108,839 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 77% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 1 day. In total it burned about 1,030 ha (2,545 acres) — around 10 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 10,112,466 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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