Wildfire near Formoso do Araguaia (Aug 4)
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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).
An active wildfire spanning 330 hectares, or 815 acres, is currently burning near Formoso do Araguaia in Brazil, having started on August 4, 2026. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from the fire front, accompanied by 14 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate how far the fire has spread.
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. The wider context shows that 2,160,027 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 93% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 1 day. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 2,160,027 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 93% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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