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Fire near Capital

Status: ✓ Confirmed

This fire is confirmed by repeated, intense satellite detections (or by official information).

⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS. They are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, agricultural burning) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official sources.

Where Capital · Salta
First detected11 Sep 2026 12:51 UTC
Last detected11 Sep 2026 18:02 UTC
Satellite detections4
Peak intensity27 MW
Active days1

Satellite before & after

High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.

After — Capital (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-11) Before — Capital (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-03) Before · 2026-09-03 After · 2026-09-11

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 4

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
11 Sep 2026 18:02 UTC2firms
11 Sep 2026 17:26 UTC7firms
11 Sep 2026 12:51 UTC27firms
11 Sep 2026 12:51 UTC26firms

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