EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Altamira (Jul 24)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
130 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
5 days
from Jul 24, 2026
Wildfire near Altamira (Jul 24) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Altamira (Jul 24) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 25, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Altamira, Brazil, an active 130-hectare (321-acre) wildfire that started on July 24, 2026, is currently exhibiting moderate heat intensity as detected from space. Satellites are actively picking up five heat signatures clustered nearby, indicating the ongoing spread and activity of the fire front in the area.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 4 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

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 10,668,181 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 65% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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