Wildfire near Wanderley
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🟤 red/brown = burned
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
A 150-hectare (371-acre) wildfire near Wanderley, Brazil, has officially ended after starting on July 22, 2026. Satellites recently registered a moderate heat intensity from the incident, alongside seven thermal detections over a 48-hour period reflecting the fire's local spread.
In context
This wildfire burned in Brazil for 1 day. In total it burned about 150 ha (371 acres) — around 1.5 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 4,983,632 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 84% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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