Started on Aug 17, 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, or 741 acres, is currently burning near the city of Tapurah in Brazil, having started on August 17, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the blaze, accompanied by 18 recent heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes in the area, the broader national landscape shows that 3,040,278 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 90% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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 8,086,252 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 74% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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