Started on Aug 21, 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 Vale do Salvaçao, Brazil, an active wildfire has scorched 400 hectares (988 acres) since it started on August 18, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat intensity from the front, alongside 18 heat signatures clustered nearby over the past 48 hours.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Broader country data shows that 3,040,278 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a 90% decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 380 ha (939 acres) — around 3.8 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 5,428,854 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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