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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 detected7 Oct 2026 18:15 UTC
Last detected7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC
Satellite detections16
Peak intensity114 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, 2026-10-06) Before —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-28) Before · 2026-09-28 After · 2026-10-06

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 16

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC29firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC29firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC91firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC114firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC81firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC114firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC9firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC29firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC29firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC91firms
7 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC81firms
7 Oct 2026 18:15 UTC11firms
7 Oct 2026 18:15 UTC24firms
7 Oct 2026 18:15 UTC24firms
7 Oct 2026 18:15 UTC11firms
7 Oct 2026 18:15 UTC1firms

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