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Wildfire near Arraias (Aug 7)

Ended · 730 hectares (1,804 acres) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
730Hectares1,804Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Aug 7, 2026.

Brazil todayLive
47Active5,673Hotspots 48h24,630Hectares
Last 7 days · risingHow many named wildfires were burning on each of the last 7 days. It rises when there are more than on the earlier days.
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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

Active fires nearby3 · 100 km
44KM NWildfire near Taipas do Tocantins750 ha50KM SWildfire near Arraias (Sep 18)750 ha78KM SWildfire near Monte Alegre de Goiás350 ha
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Burning near Arraias, Brazil, an active 730-hectare wildfire that started on August 7, 2026, is currently exhibiting an intense heat signature as picked up by satellites. Over the past 48 hours, satellite data shows 40 heat detections clustering nearby.

This fire occurs within the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Nationally, the broader context shows that 2,299,101 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 93% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 730 ha (1,804 acres) — around 7.3 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 6,038,934 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 80% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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