Wildfire near Uacurizal, Brazil (2026)

This fire in numbers3 days

400Hectares · estimated988Acres · estimated3Days it lasted

Started on Sep 11, 2026.

Brazil todayLive

11Active4,414Hotspots 48h4,950Hectares

Last 7 days · falling

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Wildfire near Uacurizal — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Uacurizal — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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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

About 35 km northeast of Uacurizal.

Summary written on Sep 13, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Uacurizal, Brazil, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 480 hectares, or approximately 1,186 acres, since it started on September 11, 2026. The fire has maintained an average daily growth of roughly 240 hectares per day over its two days of burning.

Orbiting satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, while NASA FIRMS has registered a single heat detection nearby over the last 48e hours, marking the current spread of the incident.

This event unfolds within the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Nationally, the broader context shows that 5,310,833 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 83% below 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. That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.