Wildfire near Tangará da Serra (Jul 28)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Burning near Tangará da Serra in Brazil, an active wildfire has expanded to cover 900 hectares, equivalent to 2,224 acres. Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature alongside 37 recent heat detections clustered in the area, illustrating the scale of the active front.
First detected on July 28, 2026, the fire continues to burn actively across the landscape.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 1 day. In total it burned about 330 ha (815 acres) — around 3.3 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 1,968,464 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 94% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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