The state has seen an increase in incidents this Friday, which has led to an emergency decree in 30 cities. The government says it is taking measures to combat the fires and believes they will tend to be controlled.
The number of fire points registered in the month of August in the State of St. Paul It is the highest of any month in the cities of São Paulo since 1998, when the data began to be calculated by the Queimadas Program of the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe). In the 23 days of August, 3,175 events were counted, almost double the number recorded in the State in the 12 months of last year (1,666).
The number of fires increased in the cities of São Paulo this Friday, when 1,886 fires were registered. The data for Saturday 24th were only released this afternoon. The number has been growing throughout the week, marked by a heat wave and low humidity in the territory of Sao Paulo. The spread of fires has been the subject of an alert by the Civil Protection of the State.
Such a high number of outbreaks has not been seen in São Paulo since August 2021, when 2,277 cases were recorded. Before 2024, the most significant August number was recorded in 2010, with 2,444 outbreaks.
