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Fire near Minas Gerais

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 Minas Gerais · Minas Gerais
First detected5 Sep 2026 12:12 UTC
Last detected5 Sep 2026 12:12 UTC
Satellite detections2
Peak intensity174 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, 2026-09-05) Before —  (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-16) Before · 2026-08-16 After · 2026-09-05

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 2

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
5 Sep 2026 12:12 UTC16firms
5 Sep 2026 12:12 UTC174firms

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