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Fire near Matões

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 Matões · Maranhão
First detected8 Oct 2026 15:41 UTC
Last detected9 Oct 2026 16:20 UTC
Satellite detections18
Peak intensity511 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 — Matões (Sentinel-2, 2026-10-07) Before — Matões (Sentinel-2, 2026-08-26) Before · 2026-08-26 After · 2026-10-07

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

Satellite detections — 18

TimeIntensity (MW)Source
9 Oct 2026 16:20 UTC7firms
9 Oct 2026 16:20 UTC16firms
9 Oct 2026 16:01 UTC3firms
9 Oct 2026 16:01 UTC5firms
9 Oct 2026 16:01 UTC5firms
9 Oct 2026 16:01 UTC3firms
9 Oct 2026 04:25 UTC3firms
8 Oct 2026 18:34 UTC28firms
8 Oct 2026 18:34 UTC71firms
8 Oct 2026 18:34 UTC107firms
8 Oct 2026 18:34 UTC511firms
8 Oct 2026 18:34 UTC12firms
8 Oct 2026 16:39 UTC62firms
8 Oct 2026 16:39 UTC47firms
8 Oct 2026 16:39 UTC36firms
8 Oct 2026 16:20 UTC37firms
8 Oct 2026 15:41 UTC2firms
8 Oct 2026 15:41 UTC3firms

Official & data sources

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