Wildfire near Luciara (Aug 16)
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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).
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature from an active wildfire burning near Luciara, Brazil, which has spread across 350 hectares, or 865 acres. Across the surrounding area, 14 recent heat detections recorded over the 48-hour window by NASA FIRMS map the current extent of the fire front. Having started on August 14, 2026, the incident unfolds within a regional landscape where the typical fire season runs from August to October.
This event forms part of a broader national picture in which 2,684,309 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 91% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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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