Wildfire near Almas (Aug 21)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Almas, Brazil, which has scorched 350 hectares, or 865 acres, since it started on August 21, 2026. Monitoring systems have registered 16 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating how far the fire has spread across the area.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite this active seasonal period, the broader national landscape shows a different trend, with 3,342,141 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 89% decrease compared to 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 4,909,573 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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