Fire near Itaguaçu da Bahia

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 Itaguaçu da Bahia · Bahia

First detected15 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC

Last detected15 Oct 2026 16:05 UTC

Satellite detections14

Peak intensity364 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 — Itaguaçu da Bahia (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-14)

Before — Itaguaçu da Bahia (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-22)

Before · 2026-09-22 After · 2026-10-14

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 14

Time	Intensity (MW)	Source
15 Oct 2026 16:05 UTC	12	firms
15 Oct 2026 16:05 UTC	9	firms
15 Oct 2026 16:05 UTC	23	firms
15 Oct 2026 16:05 UTC	21	firms
15 Oct 2026 15:46 UTC	12	firms
15 Oct 2026 15:46 UTC	11	firms
15 Oct 2026 15:46 UTC	12	firms
15 Oct 2026 15:46 UTC	33	firms
15 Oct 2026 15:46 UTC	11	firms
15 Oct 2026 15:46 UTC	12	firms
15 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC	360	firms
15 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC	227	firms
15 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC	299	firms
15 Oct 2026 12:00 UTC	364	firms

Official & data sources

INPE — Queimadas Program ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ INPE — Brazil Fire Monitoring (Programa Queimadas) ↗

All fires on 15 Oct 2026