EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Ipanema

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
130 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Jul 23, 2026
Wildfire near Ipanema — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Ipanema — 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

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

The story so far

Summary written on Jul 23, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Ipanema, Brazil, an active wildfire has scorched 130 ha (321 acres) since it started on July 23, 2026. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature from the front, while 5 heat detections cluster nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate the current spread.

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.

The bigger picture in Brazil

Across Brazil, roughly 10,526,076 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 66% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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