Wildfire near Apui, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Apui — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Apui — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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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

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

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

The story so far

Summary written on Aug 10, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

An active wildfire is currently burning near Apui, Brazil, covering an area of 350 hectares, which translates to 865 acres. Satellites monitoring the incident are picking up a moderate heat signature from the fire front, alongside twenty nearby heat detections recorded over the last forty-eight hours that indicate how far the fire has spread.

The blaze ignited on August 9, 2026, arriving amidst the region's typical fire season, which traditionally spans from August to October. Despite local activity, broader national figures reveal a significant departure from historical norms, with 2,379,159 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that is 92 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 350 ha (865 acres) — around 3.5 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.