EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Barra (Jul 27)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
330 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Jul 27, 2026
Wildfire near Barra (Jul 27) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Barra (Jul 27) — 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.

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The story so far

About 20 km northeast of Barra.

Summary written on Jul 28, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Barra, Brazil, an active wildfire spanning 330 hectares (815 acres) has been tracked by satellites picking up an intense heat signature. Ten recent heat detections cluster nearby, outlining the current spread of the fire that started on July 27, 2026.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 11,054,033 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 64% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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