Wildfire near Corumbá, Brazil (2026)

Wildfire near Corumbá — Sentinel-2 true color

Wildfire near Corumbá — 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.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near the city of Corumbá in Brazil, an active wildfire spanning 130 hectares (321 acres) has been tracked since July 23, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a moderate heat signature from the front.

Monitoring systems have registered five heat detections in the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, indicating the current spread of the active blaze.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 130 ha (321 acres) — around 1.3 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.