Amazon fires peaked during the 2024 drought. A year later, burned area hit its lowest level since records began in 1985

• Amazon forest fires fell to all-time low in 2025 but could a super El Niño halt progress?
• Amazon forest fires peaked during a crushing 2024 drought, but just a year later, the total burned area dropped to its lowest level since records began in 1985, reports Euronews.
• Data from the environmental monitoring network MapBiomas reveals that 3.1 million hectares burned across the Brazilian Amazon in 2025.