Uruará (PA) has 8% of the country's fire
1,072 hotspots in 24 h in a single municipality, the highest in Brazil.
INPE · all satellites
Wildfires · last 24 hours
Pará has 69% of the likely hotspots. The strongest fire of the day was in Lagoa Grande do Maranhão (MA). 99% of the hotspots are in municipalities already in drought.
The peaks don't show when fires started. They show when satellites passed over Brazil.
From Mon 23:00 to Tue 23:00, Brasília time. Each column is a full hour; at midnight the day of the week appears.
What matters now
1,072 hotspots in 24 h in a single municipality, the highest in Brazil.
INPE · all satellites
AQI 100, with PM2.5 at 23 µg/m³. People with asthma or heart problems should avoid exertion outdoors.
Open-Meteo · CAMS
The forecast adds up to 9 mm over the next 7 days, with 2,588 hotspots within 150 km. The fire is likely to continue.
Open-Meteo · forecast
Where the fire is
Hotspots likely to be real fire in the last 24 h, from all satellites. Strength is the highest NASA measured in the municipality.
| Municipality | Likely 24 h | Peak strength | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| UruaráPA | 1,072 | Low | 15 |
| PacajáPA | 992 | High | 131 |
| PortelPA | 895 | Moderate | 85 |
| SantarémPA | 690 | Low | 9 |
| Monte AlegrePA | 634 | Moderate | 44 |
| Mojuí dos CamposPA | 516 | Moderate | 32 |
| OriximináPA | 455 | Moderate | 32 |
| AlmeirimPA | 454 | Moderate | 33 |
Fire strength
NASA measures the energy each hotspot radiates, in megawatts (MW). The higher it is, the hotter the fire and the harder to put out.
Fire, drought and air
We cross the hotspots with the drought map, air quality and the rain forecast.
99%of hotspots
are in municipalities in drought on the official September map. 3,516 hotspots are in moderate drought or worse.
Go to Drought →1cities with poor air
Santarém is in the poor range or worse right now.
Go to Air quality →Up to 5 mm a day. Less than 5 mm of rain doesn't put out a fire or wet the vegetation.
See the forecast on the Radar →Who saw it
The same fire can show up on several satellites and as several points, so the total is not the number of fires.
Historical series · INPE since 1998
Hotspots from the reference satellite, the only one that allows comparing years. That's why these numbers are smaller than the ones at the top of the page.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4,560 | 1,860 | 1,967 | 2,035 | 3,831 | 5,209 | 6,284 | 20,222 | 24,382 | 27,925* | – | – | 98,275 |
| 2025 | 3,137 | 1,819 | 2,357 | 1,641 | 4,263 | 6,060 | 9,803 | 18,451 | 28,214 | 28,678 | 21,301 | 10,669 | 136,393 |
| 2024 | 4,555 | 4,566 | 5,448 | 2,613 | 6,324 | 12,432 | 22,478 | 68,635 | 83,154 | 33,356 | 22,663 | 12,075 | 278,299 |
| 2023 | 2,494 | 2,035 | 2,585 | 2,359 | 5,286 | 8,597 | 13,985 | 28,054 | 46,486 | 39,692 | 26,819 | 11,509 | 189,901 |
| 2022 | 2,759 | 1,931 | 1,790 | 1,616 | 6,698 | 7,876 | 14,212 | 47,507 | 60,313 | 32,130 | 16,978 | 6,953 | 200,763 |
| 2021 | 2,237 | 2,187 | 2,501 | 2,548 | 5,288 | 7,470 | 15,985 | 51,711 | 49,829 | 28,342 | 11,596 | 4,387 | 184,081 |
| 2020 | 2,866 | 2,657 | 3,880 | 4,117 | 4,002 | 7,109 | 15,804 | 50,694 | 69,329 | 41,468 | 13,463 | 7,408 | 222,797 |
| 2019 | 4,030 | 2,865 | 5,213 | 2,842 | 2,963 | 7,258 | 13,394 | 51,935 | 53,234 | 25,613 | 20,585 | 7,700 | 197,632 |
| 2018 | 2,553 | 1,476 | 2,657 | 1,656 | 3,366 | 5,790 | 12,652 | 22,774 | 42,251 | 19,568 | 13,014 | 5,113 | 132,870 |
| 2017 | 2,253 | 1,239 | 1,920 | 1,703 | 2,571 | 5,384 | 17,568 | 37,380 | 72,895 | 33,607 | 19,334 | 11,654 | 207,508 |
| 2016 | 5,960 | 3,238 | 3,425 | 3,408 | 3,287 | 6,185 | 19,242 | 39,088 | 42,209 | 30,809 | 19,160 | 8,206 | 184,217 |
| 2015 | 4,313 | 2,026 | 1,659 | 2,024 | 2,169 | 5,569 | 8,541 | 37,883 | 61,739 | 46,741 | 26,411 | 17,703 | 216,778 |
| 2014 | 3,044 | 1,371 | 1,929 | 2,024 | 2,931 | 6,212 | 10,529 | 40,845 | 42,049 | 36,568 | 17,667 | 10,723 | 175,892 |
| 2013 | 2,544 | 1,715 | 2,283 | 1,891 | 2,844 | 4,665 | 8,794 | 21,410 | 36,019 | 22,159 | 11,954 | 11,867 | 128,145 |
| 2012 | 2,978 | 1,728 | 2,509 | 2,507 | 3,987 | 6,830 | 14,868 | 50,926 | 63,408 | 39,860 | 18,114 | 9,519 | 217,234 |
| 2011 | 1,888 | 1,127 | 1,265 | 1,617 | 2,625 | 5,627 | 9,768 | 23,881 | 55,031 | 23,340 | 18,541 | 13,389 | 158,099 |
| 2010 | 3,683 | 2,908 | 2,863 | 2,681 | 4,196 | 9,894 | 21,030 | 90,444 | 109,030 | 38,841 | 24,052 | 9,761 | 319,383 |
| 2009 | 3,874 | 1,396 | 2,002 | 2,290 | 3,138 | 3,795 | 7,824 | 21,782 | 36,116 | 31,215 | 29,396 | 12,274 | 155,102 |
| 2008 | 2,777 | 1,751 | 1,887 | 1,906 | 2,951 | 4,594 | 14,029 | 34,431 | 50,671 | 51,784 | 30,724 | 14,428 | 211,933 |
| 2007 | 4,220 | 2,761 | 3,340 | 2,550 | 5,123 | 12,716 | 19,931 | 91,085 | 141,220 | 67,228 | 31,421 | 12,320 | 393,915 |
| 2006 | 4,531 | 2,387 | 2,426 | 2,269 | 4,313 | 7,601 | 17,788 | 54,630 | 76,475 | 32,043 | 29,302 | 15,414 | 249,179 |
| 2005 | 7,057 | 2,898 | 2,528 | 2,743 | 5,075 | 7,854 | 30,238 | 90,729 | 102,455 | 65,023 | 31,631 | 14,332 | 362,563 |
| 2004 | 3,883 | 1,932 | 2,928 | 2,956 | 6,609 | 18,024 | 30,356 | 64,067 | 121,395 | 54,292 | 45,364 | 28,639 | 380,445 |
| 2003 | 6,697 | 3,099 | 3,549 | 3,643 | 6,448 | 16,752 | 30,391 | 57,004 | 97,758 | 57,495 | 35,421 | 22,980 | 341,237 |
| 2002 | 1,653 | 1,569 | 1,678 | 1,683 | 3,816 | 10,845 | 18,080 | 72,412 | 93,417 | 59,257 | 39,913 | 17,091 | 321,414 |
| 2001 | 547 | 1,060 | 1,267 | 1,081 | 2,090 | 8,405 | 6,488 | 31,838 | 39,829 | 31,039 | 15,640 | 6,200 | 145,484 |
| 2000 | 778 | 562 | 848 | 538 | 2,097 | 6,274 | 4,740 | 22,204 | 23,293 | 27,332 | 8,399 | 4,465 | 101,530 |
| 1999 | 1,081 | 1,284 | 667 | 717 | 1,811 | 3,632 | 8,758 | 39,492 | 36,914 | 27,017 | 8,863 | 4,376 | 134,612 |
INPE data up to 10/26/2026. The series starts in June 1998, so averages use full years from 1999. Reference satellite: NOAA-12 until August 2007, AQUA (afternoon) after that.
How it works
We show official data as it arrives, with the source and time on each block. This site does not issue official warnings.
Hotspots: INPE's Fire Program (Programa Queimadas), with every satellite it receives. We collect every 10 minutes and keep the detail for 4 days; after that only counts per municipality, by day and by month remain. Only hotspots inside Brazilian municipalities are counted.
Fire strength: NASA FIRMS, VIIRS and MODIS sensors. We use only the strength measurement. The count is always INPE's, so the same fire isn't counted twice.
Historical series: INPE's official statistics by state and biome since 1998, updated once a day.
Drought, air and rain: ANA's Drought Monitor, and Open-Meteo air quality and forecast, the same used in other sections.
It is a pixel of the satellite image that is much hotter than its surroundings. A pixel is 375 m (VIIRS) to 1 km (MODIS) across, or a few kilometres on geostationary satellites.
A hotspot is not a fire. A large fire produces dozens of hotspots, and the same fire shows up on every satellite that passes. A fire front of about 30 m can already be detected.
The map, states, municipalities and notices show only hotspots with a good chance of being real fire. A hotspot qualifies when 2 or more different satellite passes saw it within 2 km in 36 hours, or when NASA marks high confidence or a power of 20 MW or more.
Points seen only once and without intensity are left out: they can be sun glint, metal roofs, industry or very hot soil. This is the portal's filter, not INPE's.
The big number at the top is still INPE's full count, so you can compare with what the news reports. The historical series also follows INPE's official method.
Each website picks which satellites to count. To compare years, INPE uses a single reference satellite, NASA's AQUA on its afternoon pass, which has kept the same method and time since 2007 (before that, NOAA-12, since 1998).
The big number at the top adds up all satellites and is good for seeing where there is fire now. The reference-satellite number is smaller, but it is the right one to say whether fire is above or below other years.
Our ranges for fire radiative power (FRP) measured by NASA: low below 20 MW, moderate 20 to 100, high 100 to 500 and extreme above 500 MW.
Notices under "What matters now" follow fixed rules: strength above 500 MW, a municipality with more than 5% of the country's hotspots, poor air or worse in a tracked city, and less than 10 mm of rain forecast over 7 days near the fire. No text is written by artificial intelligence.
Clouds and thick smoke hide fire. Low fire under the tree canopy often doesn't show up.
Polar satellites pass only a few times a day. A fire that starts and ends between two passes may not be seen.
Metal roofs, industries and very hot ground can create false hotspots. INPE filters out most of them.
A hotspot doesn't measure burned area. INPE has a separate monthly product for that.
Data arrives 20 minutes to 3 hours after the satellite passes.
This site shows what the satellite saw. It does not alert the fire brigade. If there is fire near you, call and follow official guidance.