Started on Jul 30, 2026.
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
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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
Active fires nearby2 · 100 km
Burning near Mateiros, Brazil, an active 300-hectare (741-acre) wildfire that started on July 30, 2026, continues to generate an intense heat signature as detected by satellites.
With 10 heat detections recorded over the past 48 hours, the surrounding area shows significant thermal activity.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 5,517,902 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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