Started on Aug 15, 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 intense heat signature is currently being detected from space over a 480-hectare (1,186-acre) active wildfire burning near União do Sul, Brazil, which has registered 30 thermal detections in the past 48 hours alone. Satellites are picking up this fierce front as it progresses within a region where the typical fire season spans from August to October.
This active blaze unfolds against a broader national backdrop of relatively subdued wildfire activity. According to broader context for 2026, a total of 2,684,309 hectares have burned nationwide so far this year, marking a figure that sits 91% 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.
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 5,624,790 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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