Wildfire near Paranatinga (Jul 29)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near Paranatinga, Brazil, an active 550-hectare (1,359-acre) wildfire that started on July 29, 2026, continues to maintain a moderate heat intensity as detected by satellites.
The fire's active footprint is marked by 23 heat detections recorded over a recent 48-hour period, illustrating the extent of the cluster in the area.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 550 ha (1,359 acres) — around 5.5 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 4,879,616 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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