Amazonas recorded 1,380 fires in the first ten days of October 2026, an increase of 271% compared to the same period in 2025, when 372 records were recorded. The data comes from the Fire Panel, the Management and Operational Center of the Amazon Protection System (Censipam).
Of the total recorded this month, 1,186 outbreaks were identified in public areas, 93 on private properties and 101 in places where the land status was not defined. In the same period, 246 outbreaks were registered in federal settlement areas, 116 reached indigenous lands and 97 occurred in conservation units.
Additionally, 174 outbreaks were classified as related to deforestation. For the other records, the panel does not present an identified cause.
g1 asked the Fire Department if the teams were continuing to work this Saturday to combat the fires. In a note, the institution reported that it is working in 33 municipalities to immediately combat fire outbreaks, but did not say which locations.
The Municipal Environment Secretariat (Semma) of Itacoatiara reported that it is investigating the cause of the fire in Canaçari and other locations in the rural area of the municipality. Until the publication of this report, eight suspects of causing fires had been identified. One of them is suspected of involvement in the Canaçari fire.
The cases will be forwarded to the Civil Police of Amazonas (PC-AM) and the Public Ministry of Amazonas (MPAM) for legal action.
In addition to Lago do Canaçari, there are fires in other locations in the rural area of Itacoatiara, such as Jacarezinho, Rio Arari and Rio Urubu.
In the Jacarezinho region, the burned area totals 256.71 hectares, the equivalent of around 360 football fields.
In the municipality of Careiro da Várzea, a strong fire was recorded in an area of vegetation more than ten days ago. The records include flames in the Bom Futuro community, areas destroyed by fire in the Autaz Mirim district and a fire in the Jatuarana community.
In Boa Vista do Ramos, at least eight fires were recorded on Wednesday (8). In addition to the smoke, the situation worries residents due to the difficulty of fighting the flames and the impacts on wild animals.
The increase in fires in the region is accompanied by smoke that covers cities in Amazonas and affects air quality. On Saturday morning (10), the concentration of particles reached 209.1 µg/m³ in one of the monitored points in the capital of Amazonas.
The index exceeds by 736.4% the limit of 25 µg/m³ used by the Electronic Environmental Surveillance System (Selva), of the State University of Amazonas (UEA), to classify air quality as good.
Manaus remained in a state of attention this Saturday. According to the city hall, the status has been changed since September 24th. The classification is adopted when one or more occurrences affect the city and a high-impact event is predicted in the short term.
The worsening also affected municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Manaus. In Itacoatiara, the concentration of particles reached 2,016.1 µg/m³, around 6 am. In the city, Civil Defense issued an alert around 8:20 am, recommending the use of masks when leaving home and asking the population to avoid exposure to smoke.
In Careiro, the index reached 121.4 µg/m³, a level classified as very poor. In Careiro da Várzea, the platform index reached 144.1, also at a level considered terrible.
To g1, residents reported problems breathing, throat irritation, sleepless nights and work losses. For two consecutive days, the capital of Amazonas recorded the worst air quality in Brazil, according to the international platform IQAir.
Self-employed Márcia Mendes, who has rhinitis and sinusitis, reported that pollution has worsened her respiratory problems. According to her, the smoke causes throat irritation, nasal congestion and sneezing attacks throughout the day. At night, difficulty breathing and headaches affect sleep.
"Manaus, in Amazonas, is known as the lungs of the world, but we are suffocating with all this smoke. It is harming everyone," he said.
Self-employed Valdeci Moraes de Castro reported that pollution invades even homes and makes it difficult to rest. He criticized the lack of responses from public authorities and expressed concern about the effects of smoke on the population, especially the elderly and people with respiratory problems.
"You can't even sleep at home. All the smoke enters the room. The air is horrible," he said.
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) announced the sending of six more aircraft and 290 firefighters to reinforce the fight against forest fires in Amazonas.
The first aircraft sent by the federal government to help combat forest fires in Amazonas arrived in Manaus on Saturday afternoon (10).
Two helicopters from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) landed at Eduardo Gomes International Airport, around 1 pm. Another four planes landed at Manaus Air Base around 4pm.
According to Ibama's superintendence, the two helicopters will initially be used to transport personnel. On Sunday (11), the arrival of the bambi bucket, a structure suspended by cables, used by helicopters to transport water to put out fires, is scheduled to arrive.
The Air Tractor model planes will be used to launch water. The last three aircraft should arrive in the capital of Amazonas on Sunday (11), according to Ibama.
