Fire near Piauí
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.
Satellite before & after
High-resolution Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, before the fire and after. Drag the slider to compare.
Before · 2026-08-31
After · 2026-09-05
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 — 40
| Time | Intensity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 6 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 136 | firms |
| 6 Sep 2026 04:46 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 6 Sep 2026 04:46 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 6 Sep 2026 04:02 UTC | 2 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 19:00 UTC | 73 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 19:00 UTC | 19 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 19:00 UTC | 40 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 19:00 UTC | 20 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 35 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 9 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 35 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 76 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:56 UTC | 35 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 6 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 7 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 5 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 6 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 44 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 14 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 6 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:37 UTC | 5 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:03 UTC | 20 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:03 UTC | 82 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:03 UTC | 20 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:03 UTC | 20 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:03 UTC | 34 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:03 UTC | 80 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:03 UTC | 23 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 16:03 UTC | 50 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 12:08 UTC | 197 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 12:08 UTC | 108 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 12:08 UTC | 244 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 12:08 UTC | 43 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 04:19 UTC | 2 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 04:19 UTC | 2 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 04:19 UTC | 1 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 04:00 UTC | 2 | firms |
| 5 Sep 2026 04:00 UTC | 2 | firms |
Official & data sources
INPE — Queimadas Program ↗ NASA FIRMS active-fire data ↗ INPE — Brazil Fire Monitoring (Programa Queimadas) ↗