Wildfire near Tapera do Rocha
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An intense heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites over an active wildfire burning near Tapera do Rocha, Brazil. With 39 thermal anomalies clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, the active front has consumed 400 hectares, equivalent to 988 acres, since it started on August 20, 2026.
This ongoing blaze unfolds within a regional fire season that typically runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 3,342,141 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 89% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 400 ha (988 acres) — around 4.0 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 4,909,573 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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