Wildfire near Lagoa da Confusão (Jul 24 · W)
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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).
Propagating with an intense heat signature detected by satellites through 24 recent thermal points near Lagoa da Confusão, Brazil, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 180 hectares (445 acres).
Burning in the region since July 24, 2026, the ongoing incident continues to be closely monitored.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 4 days. In total it burned about 180 ha (445 acres) — around 1.8 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 5,025,251 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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