Wildfire near Tangará da Serra (Jul 28)
Started on Jul 28, 2026.
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Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
An active wildfire burning near Tangará da Serra, Brazil, is currently displaying an intense heat signature as peak fire radiative power registers high across the area. Satellites have picked up 39 heat detections in the past 48 hours, illustrating a tight cluster of thermal activity near the city.
The blaze, which started on July 28, 2026, has already consumed 950 hectares, equivalent to 2,347 acres.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 2 days. In total it burned about 950 ha (2,347 acres) — around 9.5 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 5,198,712 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 83% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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