Wildfire near Formoso do Araguaia (Jul 24 · SW)
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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).
Burning near Formoso do Araguaia in Brazil, the active Wildfire near Formoso do Araguaia (Jul 24 #2) has charred 1,580 ha (3,904 acres) since it began on July 24, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up an intense heat signature from the front, reflecting the severity of the burn.
The scale of the spreading front is further underscored by 79 heat signatures clustering nearby over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 4 days. In total it burned about 1,580 ha (3,904 acres) — around 16 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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