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Wildfire near Uruçuí (Sep 20)

Active · 680 hectares (1,680 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbersDay 2
680Hectares1,680Acres2Days burning

Started on Sep 20, 2026.

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44Active5,757Hotspots 48h26,720Hectares
Last 7 days · risingHow many named wildfires were burning on each of the last 7 days. It rises when there are more than on the earlier days.
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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

Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
74KM WWildfire near Ribeiro Gonçalves (Sep 20)530 ha
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Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Uruçuí, Brazil, where 38 heat detections over the past 48 hours reveal how far the fire has spread across the landscape. The active blaze, which started on September 20, 2026, has consumed 680 hectares, equivalent to 1,680 acres.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The broader national picture reveals that 6,645,404 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 79% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Brazil for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 680 ha (1,680 acres) — about 6.8 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 6,645,404 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 79% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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