Brazil recorded 278,300 fires in 2024, says Inpe

Data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) reveal that 278,299 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in 2024.

The number represents an increase of 46.5% compared to the previous year, when 189,901 occurrences were recorded. Before 2024, the highest number recorded by Inpe had been in 2010: 319,383 cases.

Since the beginning of the historical series of Inpe records, in 1998, the year with the most occurrences of fires was 2007: 393,915.

When dividing by biomes, most fires occurred in the Amazon (140,346). Next are Cerrado (81,468), Atlantic Forest (21,328), Caatinga (20,235) and Pampa (424)

THE CNN contacted the Ministry of the Environment to comment on the data and is awaiting a position.

Fires by state:

Acre

• 2023: 6,562
• 2024: 8,658

Alagoas

• 2023: 227
• 2024: 285

Amapá

• 2023: 2,552
• 2024: 2014

Amazon

• 2023: 19,601
• 2024: 25,499

Bahia

• 2023: 11,917
• 2024: 9,160

Ceará

• 2023: 6,808
• 2024: 7,160

Federal District

• 2023: 89
• 2024: 349

Holy Spirit

• 2023: 543
• 2024: 662

Goiás

• 2023: 3,160
• 2024: 6,362

Maranhão

• 2023: 21,113
• 2024: 22,879

Mato Grosso

• 2023: 21,723
• 2024: 50,551

Mato Grosso do Sul

• 2023: 4,529
• 2024: 13,041

Minas Gerais

• 2023: 6,498
• 2024: 11,787

To

• 2023: 41,715
• 2024: 56,070

Paraíba

• 2023: 951
• 2024: 1,074

Paraná

• 2023: 1,439
• 2024: 2,704

Pernambuco

• 2023: 1,834
• 2024: 2,057

Piauí

• 2023: 12,957
• 2024: 10,587

Rio de Janeiro

• 2023: 404
• 2024: 1,200

Rio Grande do Norte

• 2023: 579
• 2024: 624

Rio Grande do Sul

• 2023: 1,825
• 2024: 1,572

Rondônia

• 2023: 7,417
• 2024: 10,692

Roraima

• 2023: 2,659
• 2024: 5,358

Santa Catarina

• 2023: 1,341
• 2024: 1,801

São Paulo

• 2023: 1,666
• 2024: 8,712

Sergipe

• 2023: 151
• 2024: 190

Tocantins

• 2023: 9,641
• 2024: 17,251

This content was originally published in Brazil recorded 278.3 thousand fires in 2024, says Inpe on the CNN Brasil website.

Source: CNN Brasil