Overview

• INPE’s BDQueimadas system counted 28,214 fire hotspots in September 2025, a 66% drop from September 2024.
• From January through September, Brazil recorded 75,745 hotspots, down 64% year over year and the lowest total since 2000.
• MapBiomas estimates 4 million hectares burned from January to August, a decline of about 66% versus the same period in 2024.
• The Pantanal saw a 97% reduction in hotspots and the Amazon an 80% decline compared with 2024, according to INPE.
• In September, Maranhão led hotspot counts, followed by Bahia, Pará, and Minas Gerais, while Piauí logged its lowest September in a decade at 2,147 after added brigades, real-time monitoring, and a burning ban.