Wildfire near Dianópolis (Aug 22)
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🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature over an active wildfire burning near Dianópolis, Brazil, where 32 heat detections have been logged in the past 48 hours. The blaze has reached a size of 730 hectares, or 1,804 acres, since it started on August 22, 2026.
The fire is occurring within Brazil's typical fire season, which spans from August to October. Despite active incidents like this one, the broader national picture shows that 3,588,906 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking an 88 percent decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 730 ha (1,804 acres) — around 7.3 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 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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