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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 detected21 Oct 2026 15:56 UTC
Last detected22 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC
Satellite detections23
Peak intensity802 MW
Active days2

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, 2026-10-20) Before — Brejo de Areia (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-13) Before · 2026-10-13 After · 2026-10-20

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 23

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
21 Oct 2026 15:56 UTC4firms
21 Oct 2026 16:39 UTC2firms
21 Oct 2026 16:39 UTC15firms
21 Oct 2026 17:15 UTC3firms
21 Oct 2026 17:15 UTC3firms
21 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC108firms
21 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC670firms
21 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC802firms
21 Oct 2026 18:36 UTC11firms
21 Oct 2026 23:14 UTC27firms
22 Oct 2026 03:42 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 03:42 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 03:42 UTC2firms
22 Oct 2026 03:42 UTC2firms
22 Oct 2026 04:19 UTC2firms
22 Oct 2026 04:19 UTC2firms
22 Oct 2026 04:19 UTC2firms
22 Oct 2026 04:38 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 04:38 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 04:38 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 04:38 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 04:38 UTC1firms
22 Oct 2026 16:58 UTC6firms

Official & data sources

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

All fires on 21 Oct 2026

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