Started on Aug 25, 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 near the city of Tabocas do Brejo Velho in Brazil, a 300-hectare wildfire burned for 10 days after starting on August 25, 2026, averaging an estimated daily growth of 30 hectares per day before finally coming to an end. Satellites picked up an intense heat signature while the incident unfolded during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October.
Nationwide, the broader context of the 2026 fire season shows that 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far this year, marking a figure that is 84% below 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 9,259,274 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 70% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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