Wildfire near Comodoro
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near the city of Comodoro, Brazil, an active wildfire has scorched 100 ha (247 acres) since it started on 2026-07-24.
Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature alongside 4ajacent heat detections recorded over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 4 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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 5,066,892 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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