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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 detected6 Oct 2026 18:34 UTC
Last detected6 Oct 2026 18:53 UTC
Satellite detections3
Peak intensity63 MW
Active days1

Satellite before & after

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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 — 3

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
6 Oct 2026 18:53 UTC11firms
6 Oct 2026 18:53 UTC11firms
6 Oct 2026 18:34 UTC63firms

Official & data sources

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