Started on Aug 30, 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 Tarauacá in Brazil, a 300-hectare (741-acre) wildfire that began on August 30, 2026, has now ended after a five-day duration. Over the course of its burning period, the fire expanded at an average daily rate of approximately 60 hectares per day.
Satellites detected an intense heat signature from the active front alongside five heat detections recorded in the surrounding area over a 48-hour window, illustrating the spatial extent of the burn. The incident unfolded amid the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October.
This event contributes to a broader national total of 4,879,616 hectares burned across Brazil so far in 2026, a figure that remains 84 percent below the country's 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 9,977,766 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 68% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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