🇧🇷 Brazil: wildfires in August 2026
Over the month, kanari archived 2225 significant fire ignitions in Brazil (August 2026). Figures from kanari's fire memory, updated 22 August at 12:00.
"In August 2026, kanari detected 2225 significant wildfires in Brazil, 154 of them still active at the last update; the most powerful reached 2387 MW."
Fire ignitions per day
Most powerful fires of the month
| Place | First detection (UTC) | Detections | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sítio do Mato | 10 Aug, 17:03 | 219 | 2387 |
| Cachoeira Dourada | 16 Aug, 14:50 | 255 | 2115 |
| Alto Taquari | 16 Aug, 17:13 | 323 | 1977 |
| Novo Progresso | 16 Aug, 15:05 | 215 | 1770 |
| Novo Jardim | 16 Aug, 15:13 | 228 | 1765 |
| Sinop | 17 Aug, 17:16 | 158 | 1601 |
| Edealina | 7 Aug, 15:00 | 76 | 1569 |
| União do Sul | 19 Aug, 15:19 | 209 | 1558 |
| Denise | 15 Aug, 17:33 | 102 | 1521 |
| Sonora | 18 Aug, 15:10 | 42 | 1375 |
Cite these figures
kanari (2026). Wildfires detected, Brazil, August 2026: 2225 significant ignitions. https://kanari.io — accessed 2026-08-22.
Methodology: only significant fires are archived (corroborated by witnesses, or above detection and power thresholds); totals are not comparable to exhaustive official tallies. Full methodology and licence.
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