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Fire near Brejo de Areia

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 Brejo de Areia · Maranhão
First detected3 Oct 2026 18:41 UTC
Last detected4 Oct 2026 04:19 UTC
Satellite detections5
Peak intensity345 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 — Brejo de Areia (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-03) Before — Brejo de Areia (Sentinel-2, 2026-09-13) Before · 2026-09-13 After · 2026-10-03

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 5

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
4 Oct 2026 04:19 UTC1firms
3 Oct 2026 18:41 UTC16firms
3 Oct 2026 18:41 UTC345firms
3 Oct 2026 18:41 UTC29firms
3 Oct 2026 18:41 UTC72firms

Official & data sources

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