Wildfire near Sonora
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning for a span of seven days near Sonora, Brazil, a wildfire has consumed 300 hectares (741 acres) since it started on August 2026-08-17, expanding at an average daily growth of approximately 43 hectares per day before finally reaching an ended status. During its active phase, satellites monitored the event, picking up a moderate heat intensity from the burning front.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which traditionally runs from August to October. Despite this local activity, the broader national picture shows a different trend, with 3,683,458 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking an 88% decrease below the two-decade average.
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 4,909,573 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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