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Wildfire near General Carneiro (Aug 15)

Ended · 450 hectares (1,112 acres) · Started · Updated

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450Hectares1,112Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Aug 15, 2026.

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

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

A moderate heat signature picked up by satellites indicates ongoing activity from a wildfire near General Carneiro, Brazil, where 34 separate heat detections over the last 48 hours trace the footprint of the active blaze. Having started on August 2026-08-14, the fire has consumed 400 ha (988 acres) in a region where the typical fire season spans from August to October.

This incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 2,684,309 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 91% below the two-decade average for the country.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 450 ha (1,112 acres) — around 4.5 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 7,720,990 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 75% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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