EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Pacajá (Jul 24)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
100 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
5 days
from Jul 24, 2026
Wildfire near Pacajá (Jul 24) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Pacajá (Jul 24) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True view Fire view
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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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The story so far

About 60 km west of Pacajá.

Summary written on Jul 24, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Pacajá in Brazil, an active wildfire spanning 100 hectares (247 acres) has triggered an intense heat signature detected by satellites since it began on July 24, 2026.

Monitoring systems have registered four separate heat detections in the surrounding area over the last 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the active front.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 4 days. In total it burned about 100 ha (247 acres) — around 1.0 km². That size is an estimate from satellite hotspots, not a measured area.

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 10,668,181 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 65% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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