[4] Within the Pantanal, the volume of fires is equivalent to those of the past six years[5] and there have been actions by NGOs and volunteers to save endangered animals, such as the jaguar.

[7][8] Expertise carried out points out that the fires in the Pantanal were started by human action[9] and the Environmental Police Station investigates who are possibly responsible.

In September INPE reported that 1,359 km2 of the Brazilian Amazon have burned off in August, which may put the effectiveness of the contemporary response against the deforestation – such as considerations of economic interventions and the current military operation – into question.

In the Pantanal, part of the fire started in private areas or legal reserves (which is protected by law) and spread to indigenous territories.

[20] On 13 September preliminary data based on satellite images, indicate that 1.5 million hectares have burned in the Pantanal region since the start of August, surpassing the previous fire season record from 2005.