What’s your source on it being the same as last year and the year before? From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49433767:

> The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) says its satellite data shows an 85% increase on the same period in 2018.

> The official figures show more than 75,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year - the highest number since 2013. That compares with 40,000 in the same period in 2018.

> Roraima saw a 141% increase, Acre 138%, Rondônia 115% and Amazonas 81%. Mato Grosso do Sul, further south, saw a 114% increase.