EndedUpdated · Source: NASA FIRMS

Wildfire near Rio Sono (Jul 30)

Started · size estimated by satellite

Estimated size
300 hectares
from satellite heat
Lasted
3 days
from Jul 30, 2026
Wildfire near Rio Sono (Jul 30) — Sentinel-2 true color Wildfire near Rio Sono (Jul 30) — 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 75 km southeast of Rio Sono.

Summary written on Jul 31, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning near Rio Sono, Brazil, an active wildfire has scorched 300 ha (741 acres) since it began on 2026-07-30. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature reflecting the high power of the active front.

In the surrounding area, monitoring systems have registered 12 heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting the ongoing spread of the fire.

In context

This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 300 ha (741 acres) — around 3.0 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 11,329,346 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 63% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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