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Fire near Departamento Banda

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 Departamento Banda · Santiago del Estero
First detected4 Sep 2026 19:53 UTC
Last detected4 Sep 2026 19:53 UTC
Satellite detections5
Peak intensity36 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 — Departamento Banda (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-03) Before — Departamento Banda (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-26) Before · 2026-08-26 After · 2026-09-03

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 5

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
4 Sep 2026 19:53 UTC19firms
4 Sep 2026 19:53 UTC12firms
4 Sep 2026 19:53 UTC13firms
4 Sep 2026 19:53 UTC36firms
4 Sep 2026 19:53 UTC17firms

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