Wildfire near Canarana (Jul 23 · NE)
Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire spanning 230 ha (568 acres) has emerged near Canarana, Brazil, following its ignition on July 23, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the burning front, indicating steady thermal activity as the blaze continues to develop.
In the surrounding area, monitoring systems have registered 24 heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread and cluster of thermal anomalies near the municipality.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 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 4,983,632 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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