Brazil

Brief · 15 September 2026

Brazil's past week was dominated by widespread wildfire activity, with numerous red-alert fires burning across the country. Several fires are escalating in intensity, including two forest fire events showing sharp increases in fire radiative power, while others remain steady at high severity. Drought conditions also persist across a large area of the country, tracked under a green severity rating.

Wildfire Multiple red-alert wildfires are active across Brazil, several newly detected between 10 and 15 September with fire radiative power ranging up to 28,671 MW. One wildfire event is escalating, with FRP up 74% in 30 hours as of 15 September, while a forest fire event that has burned 7,351 hectares is escalating with FRP up 116% in 30 hours; other events, including a fire that has burned 5,234 hectares, remain steady.

Drought Drought conditions affecting 581,418 square kilometres of Brazil remain ongoing, tracked at green severity since 27 July 2026.

• A wildfire in Brazil first tracked on 13 September is escalating, with fire radiative power up 74% in 30 hours as of 15 September.
• Forest fires in Brazil first tracked on 2 September are escalating, with fire radiative power up 116% in 30 hours as of 15 September.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.