Fire near Santa Cruz
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.
Satellite before & after
High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.
Before · 2026-08-26
After · 2026-09-03
Short-wave infrared: smoke turns transparent and active flames / burnt ground stand out.Normalised Burn Ratio: recently burnt land shown in red / orange.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
Satellite detections — 22
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep 2026 18:53 UTC | 18 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:53 UTC | 35 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:53 UTC | 19 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:53 UTC | 18 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:53 UTC | 4 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:17 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:17 UTC | 30 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:17 UTC | 28 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:17 UTC | 30 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:17 UTC | 30 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 18:17 UTC | 6 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 17:32 UTC | 35 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 17:32 UTC | 35 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 17:32 UTC | 35 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 17:13 UTC | 16 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 17:13 UTC | 8 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 17:13 UTC | 8 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 17:13 UTC | 18 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 05:46 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 05:46 UTC | 2 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 04:59 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 3 Sep 2026 04:59 UTC | 2 | firms |
Official & data sources
SATRIFO — FAN fire monitoring ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ Bolivia SATRIFO / FAN fire monitoring ↗