Wildfire near Lassance (Aug 22)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
A moderate heat signature is currently being picked up by satellites near Lassance, Brazil, where an active wildfire has consumed 400 hectares (988 acres) since it started on August 22, 2026. Monitoring systems have detected 38 heat signatures in the area over the past 48 hours, illustrating the local extent of the active front.
This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from August to October. Despite active blazes in local settings such as Lassance, the broader national landscape shows a different trend: 3,464,550 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 89 percent decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 430 ha (1,063 acres) — around 4.3 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 5,066,892 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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