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Wildfire near Uruará

Ended · 330 hectares (815 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
330Hectares815Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Oct 13, 2026.

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34Active3,102Hotspots 48h17,450Hectares
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Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

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An active wildfire spanning 330 hectares, or approximately 815 acres, has been burning near Uruará, Brazil, since it started on October 13, 2026. Orbiting satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the active front, alongside 14 separate heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the blaze in a region where the typical fire season runs from August to October.

This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 9,701,740 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 69% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 10,231,674 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 67% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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