Wildfire near Barro Alto (Aug 25)
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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 a moderate heat signature from an active wildfire near Barro Alto, Brazil, where 21 heat detections over the past 48 hours trace the local spread of the fire front. The blaze has consumed 530 hectares, which translates to 1,310 acres, since it started on August 25, 2026.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The wider landscape reflects a broader national trend in Brazil, where 3,900,471 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 87 percent decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 530 ha (1,310 acres) — around 5.3 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 5,025,251 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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