Overall Green Forest fire in Brazil from 28 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC to 03 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5165 ha) in Brazil 28 Aug 2025

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1024913
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Aug 2025 - 03 Sep 2025
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	45 in the burned area
Burned area:	5165 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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07 Sep 19:19

Impact Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	45	5165	07 Sep 2025 18:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Maranhao (population 5,171,804) . The nearest places are Porto Alegre do Piauí, Antônio Almeida, São Domingos do Azeitão, São Félix de Balsas, Sucupira do Norte, and Sebastião Leal.

Radius	Population
10 km	2100 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maranhao	Brazil	5.2 million people
Piaui	Brazil	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Porto Alegre do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	16 km
Antônio Almeida	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	32 km
São Domingos do Azeitão	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	38 km
São Félix de Balsas	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	53 km
Sucupira do Norte	Maranhão	Brazil	City	-	57 km
Sebastião Leal	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	72 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Benedito Leite		300	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	36 km
Pastos Bons		60	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	44 km
Guadalupe	GDP	172	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5200	86 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Grajau	Boa Esperanca	Parnaiba	1969	89 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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