Started on Jul 24, 2026.
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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
Burning near Maurilândia do Tocantins, Brazil, an active wildfire spanning 100 hectares (247 acres) has been tracked since July 24, 2026. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature from the front, indicating subdued intensity as the flames progress.
Monitoring systems have registered four heat detections in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, illustrating the localized spread of the fire.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 4 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 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 5,624,790 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 82% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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