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Fire near Barra

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 Barra · Bahia
First detected17 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC
Last detected17 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC
Satellite detections16
Peak intensity304 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 — Barra (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-17) Before — Barra (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-07) Before · 2026-10-07 After · 2026-10-17

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 16

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
17 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC304firms
17 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC304firms
17 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC35firms
17 Oct 2026 16:11 UTC35firms
17 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC185firms
17 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC26firms
17 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC185firms
17 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC185firms
17 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC26firms
17 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC14firms
17 Oct 2026 16:50 UTC25firms
17 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC97firms
17 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC145firms
17 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC97firms
17 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC97firms
17 Oct 2026 17:09 UTC37firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 17 Oct 2026

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