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Fire near Potosí

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 / chaqueo) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official sources.

Where Potosí · Potosí
First detected10 Oct 2026 17:39 UTC
Last detected10 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC
Satellite detections5
Peak intensity26 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 —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-09) Before —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-06) Before · 2026-10-06 After · 2026-10-09

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 5

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
10 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC14firms
10 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC14firms
10 Oct 2026 19:00 UTC26firms
10 Oct 2026 18:21 UTC4firms
10 Oct 2026 17:39 UTC6firms

Official & data sources